Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of England 
Edmund I "The Magnificent" was born in 0922 in Wessex, England. Edmund I "The Magnificent"'s father was Edward King Of Wessex and his mother is Aelfflaed Queen Of The English. His paternal grandparents were Alfred King Of England and Ealhswith Queen of England. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Aelfweard, Edred, Edith and Ogive. He was the youngest of the five children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Athelstan and Eadhild. He died in England.General Notes
Edmund I (921-946), Saxon king of the English (939-946), 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 946-955). Edmund was known as a legal reformer, especially for his restrictions on the blood feud.
Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.BET. 740 - 758 in Wessex, England d.~ 0785 in England
- b.~ 0770 in Wessex, England d.Jul 0839 in Wessex, England
- b.0742 in Wessex, England d.0840
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 856/57 in England
- b.0710 d.0793
- b. in Wessex, England d.0858
- b.0732 in Swabia
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 901 in Wincester, England
- b.0785 in Wessex, England
- b.0810 in Wessex, England d.0855 in England?
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington, England
- b. in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire d.0911
- b.0852 in Gaini, Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in England?
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in England
-
They had a son named Edgar.
Page last modified