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Edmund of England

Edmund was born in 1016.¹ Edmund's father was King Edmund (Ironside) of England II and his mother was Ealgyth. His paternal grandparents were King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II and Elfreda Gunnarsson. He had two brothers named The Exile and Henry.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Edgar (The Peaceful) of England
  - b.0944 d.08 Jul 0975 in Winchester, England
  
  King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II
  - b.0968 d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
  
  Ordgar ^*
  - b.0910 in Devron
  
  Edulph of Wessex
  - b.0921 in Mercia, England
  
  Wulfrith (Redburch)
  - b.0923
  
  Aelfrthryth of Devon
  - b.0947 d.1000
  
  Duke of Mercia Aethelred of Ealdorman II ^*
  - b.0870 in Mercia, England d.0912
  
  Elfwina of Mercia
  - b.0905 in Mercia, England
  
  Queen of Mercia Aethelflaeda of Mercia ^*
  - b.0869 in Mercia, England d.12 Jun 0919 in St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England
  
  King Edmund (Ironside) of England II
  - b.0989 d.30 Nov 1016 in London, England
  
  Elfreda Gunnarsson
  
  Edmund of England
  - b.1016
  
  Ealgyth
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

¹ Edmund II, called Ironside (981?-1016), Saxon king of the English (1016), son of King Ethelred the Unready. When Ethelred died, Edmund was chosen king by the people of London, but Canute II, king of Denmark, who was leading 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 relieving Canute's siege of London. He was defeated at Assandun (now Ashington), however, through the treachery of Edric, who had pretended to desert Canute. A truce was arranged between Canute and Edmund; Edmund was permitted to rule the south of England until his death later in the year, when it reverted to Canute.