King Edmund (The Magnificent) of England I 
Edmund, known as The Magnificent, was born in 0922 in Wessex, England.1 The Magnificent's father was King Edward (The Elder) of England I and his mother was Ecgwyn. His paternal grandparents were Alfred (The Great) England and Ealhswith of the Gaini. He had a brother named Aethelstan. He had a half-brother and six half-sisters, named Edmund I, Thyra, Edgiva, Eadgyth, Aelgifu, Emiliane and Beatrice. He died due to murder / assassination, Assassinated at Pucklechurch, Gloucester, ENGLAND, at the age of 24 on May 26th, 0946 in England.1 General Notes
TITLE: King of ENGLAND
NICK: "The Magnificent"
CROWNED: 940
BURIAL: Glastonbury Abbey
NOTE:
1st: Elfgifu, 2nd: Ethelfleda of Damerham, daughter of Ealdorman Alfgar, no children, she later married Ealdorman Athelstan. Number of Marriages 2
--ABT. 18 when he acceeded to the throne. Crowned at Kingston on 16 Oct. 939.
--Energetic and warlike
--He took over Scotland and seated Malcolm I as King there to keep rule
--Edmund was dining when an outlaw named Liofa was spotted, and during the struggle, the king received a fatal stab wound in the stomach, dying almost immediately.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0758 d.0788
- b.0775 d.04 Feb 0839 in Wessex, England
- b.0762
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 0858 in England
- b.0730 in France d.0804
- b.0788 in Toulouse d.0840
- b.~ 0730 in Austrasia, Lorraine, France
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0748 d.0793
- b.0785 in Isle of Wight
- b.0750 d.0804
- b.0810 in Wessex, England d.0853
<Unknown>
- b.0871 in Farndon, Cheshire d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon-on-Dee
- d.0840
<Unknown>
- b.0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
<Unknown>
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
- d.0839
- d.0840
<Unknown>
- b.0830 d.0904
- b.0770 d.0823
<Unknown>
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.26 May 0946 in England
- b.0874 in Wessex, England
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Details of The Magnificent's family with Queen Elgiva of England
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