Edmund II 'Ironside' 
Edmund II was born in 0989 in Wessex, England. Edmund II's father was Æthelred II 'The Unready' and his mother was Ælflaed (Elfreda). His paternal grandparents were Edgar 'the Peaceful' and Ælfthryth (Elfrida); his maternal grandfather was Thored Gunnarsson. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Athelstan, Ecgbert, Edred, Edwig, Edward, Edgar of, Edric, Edith, Wulfhilda and Ælfgifu Elgiva of. He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Edward the, Alfred the and Goda (Godgifu) of. He died at the age of 27 on November 30th, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England
- b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
- b.~ 0871 in Kent, England
- b.~ 0896 in Kent, England
- b.0944 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex, England d.~ 0944
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
- b.~ 0917
- b.~ 0945 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0917
- b.0989 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0938 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.1003
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They had two sons named Edmund and Edward the.
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Children
Edward the Ætheling
Edward the was born about 1016 in Wessex, England. He died in 1057 in London, England.
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