Edmund I "The Magnificent' 
Edmund I "The was born in 0921 in Wessex, England. Edmund I "The's father was Edward the Elder and his mother was Ædgifu (Edgiva) of Kent. His paternal grandparents were Alfred the Great and Ealhswith (Alswitha) of the Gaini; his maternal grandfather was Ealdorman of Kent Sigehelm. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Abbot of Einsiedlen, King of England, Princess of England and Edburga. He was the third oldest of the five children. He had four half-brothers and eight half-sisters, named King of England, King of England, Sub King of Kent, Prince of England, Ædgyth Edith of, Nun, Ogive Eadgina of, Æthelhilda, Ædhilda, Ædgyth, Ælfgifu and Abbess of Romsey. He died in Glastonbury, England.General Notes
Edmund I (921-46), Saxon king of the English (939-46), the son of King Edward the Elder. He participated in the Battle of Brunanburh in 937 and succeeded his half brother Athelstan as king in 939. The following year Olaf Godfreyson, a Viking ruler of Dublin, seized the territory of Northumbria in northern England and extended his rule as far south as Leicester. After Olaf's death in 941, Edmund made war on the Vikings, expelling them from the country three years later. In 945 Edmund occupied the kingdom of Strathclyde, west of Northumbria, and turned it over to his ally Malcolm I MacDonald, king of Scotland. The following year Edmund was stabbed to death by a robber and was succeeded by his brother Edred (reigned 945-55). Edmund was known as a legal reformer, especially for his restrictions on the blood feud.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0758 in Wessex, England d.~ 0802
- b.0769 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838/39 in Wessex, England
- b.0795 in Wessex, England
- b.0714 in Austrasia d.24 SEP 768 in St. Denis, France
- b.~ 0767 in Wessex, England d.0839
- b.~ 0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 JUL 783
- b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0780 in Isle of Wright
- b.~ 0810
- 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
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They had two sons named Edwy (Ædwig) 'the and Edgar 'the.
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