General Notes

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Edmund I the Elder, King of England
Born: 921
Acceded: 29 NOV 93 9, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Died: 26 MAY 946, Pucklechurch, Dorset
Interr ed: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
Notes:
Reigned 940-946
Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to
St.Augustine
He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported
Dunstan in the reintroducti on of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
Father: , Edward the Elder, King of E ngland, b. 869
Mother: , Eadgifu (Edgiva), b. BEF 905
Married to , AElfgifu ( St.)
Child 1: , Edwy (EAdwig) the Fair, King of England, b. CIR 942
Child 2: , Daughter
Child 3: , Edgar the Peaceful, King of England, b. 944
Married to , AEthelflaed of Domerham
Edmund I (940-46 AD)
Son of Edward the Elder, succe eded his half-brother, Æthelstan, with whom
he had fought at Brunanburh. Comb ated the Norse Vikings in Northumbria
and subdued them in Cumbria and Strathc lyde. He entrusted these lands to
an ally, Malcolm I of Scotland. Edmund met his death when he was killed
at Pucklechurch, in Gloucestershire, by a robber.
EDMUND I (r. 939-946)
When Athelstan died without immediate successors, his half brother Edmu
nd successfully suppressed rebellions by the Mercian Danes. Edmund I was m
urdered at a feast in his own hall, at the age of 25 in 946, after only se
ven years on the throne, and his brother Edred succeeded him.
Edmund I ( or Eadmund, 921 – May 26, 946), called the Elder, the Deed-Doe
r, or the Magnificent, was King of England from 939 until his death. He w
as a son of Edward the Elder and half-brother of Athelstan.
Athelstan died on October 27, 939, and Edmund succeeded him as King. Short
ly after his proclamation as king he had to face several military threat
s. King Olaf I of Dublin conquered Northumbria and invaded the Midlands. W
hen Olaf died in 942 Edmund reconquered the Midlands. In 943 he became t
he god-father of King Olaf of York. In 944, Edmund was successful in recon
quering Northumbria. In the same year his ally Olaf of York lost his thro
ne and left for Dublin in Ireland. Olaf became the king of Dublin as Ol
af Cuaran and continued to be allied to his god-father. In 945 Edmund conq
uered Strathclyde but conceded his rights on the territory to King Malco
lm I of Scotland. In exchange they signed a treaty of mutual military supp
ort. Edmund thus established a policy of safe borders and peaceful relatio
nships with Scotland. During his reign, the revival of monasteries in Engl
and began.
Edmund was murdered in 946 by Leofa, an exiled thief. He had been havi
ng a party in Pucklechurch, when he spotted Leofa in the crowd. After t
he outlaw refused to leave, the king and his advisors fought Leofa. Edmu
nd and Leofa were both killed. He was succeeded as king by his brother Edr
ed, king from 946 until 955.
Edmund's sons later ruled England as:
Edwy of England, King from 955 until 957, king of only Wessex and Kingd
om of Kent from 957 until his death on October 1, 959.
Edgar of England, king of only Mercia and Northumbria from 957 until his b
rother's death in 959, then king of England from 959 until 975.