General Notes

Edmund II.,
surnamed Ironside, on account of his strength, or perhaps from the armour he wore, was the son of Ethelred II., whom he succeeded in 1016; but being opposed by Canute <kingc.html>, he agreed to share the crown with him. London was twice besieged by the Danes in his reign, and many battles were fought, Edmund being finally defeated at Assandune. After a reign of nine months only, he is said to have been treacherously murdered in 1017.

Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition,Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 1-20.

Edmund II, called Ironside (981?-1016), Saxon king of the English (1016),son of King Ethelred the Unready. When Ethelred died, Edmund was chosenking by the people of London, but Canute II, king of Denmark, who wasleading an invasion of England, secured the support of the council(witenagemot) at Southampton and of Edric (flourished 1001-17),Ethelred's son-in-law.

Edmund met the Danes in battle, winning several engagements and relievingCanute's siege of London. He was defeated at Assandun (now Ashington),however, through the treachery of Edric, who had pretended to desertCanute. A truce was arranged between Canute and Edmund; Edmund waspermitted to rule the south of England until his death later in the year,when it reverted to Canute

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