Edmund II "Ironside" King of England 
Edmund II "Ironside" was born in 0988 in Wessex, England. Edmund II "Ironside"'s father was Ethelred II "The Unready" King of England and his mother is Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen of England. His paternal grandparents were Edgar King Of England and Elfrida Queen Of England; his maternal grandparents are Thored Ealderman Gunnarsson and Mrs. Gunnarsson. He had a brother and a sister, named Edward "the Confessor" and Elfgifu. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Ingelric and Goda. He died at the age of 28 on November 30th, 1016 in London, 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.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 901 in Wincester, England
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington, England
- b.0852 in Gaini, Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in England?
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in England
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0944 in England?
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
- b.0947 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in England?
- b.0988 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, England
- b.0938 in Wessex, England
- b.0968 in Wessex, England
- b.0948 in Wessex, England
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Edmund II "Ironside" and Ealdgyth (Algitha) were married in a religious ceremony in August 1015 in London, England. They had a son named Edward "Atheling".
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Children
Edward "Atheling" Prince of England
Edward "Atheling" was born in 1016 in Wessex, England. He died at the age of 41 in 1057 in London, England.
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