Edmund II "Ironside" King Of ENGLAND^[1]

Abt 988 - 1016  (~ 28 years)

• Name	Edmund II "Ironside" King Of ENGLAND  [2, 3]
  Nickname	Ironside
  Birth	Abt 988	Of, Wessex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Abt 993  [3]
  	Alt. Birth
  RULED	1016-1016
  Name	Ironside
  _UID	B8A405C30A404194BD6687A8C5FEBE97AD84
  Death	30 Nov 1016	Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Burial	Of, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
  Person ID	I10695	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 968, Wessex, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesexshire, England (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 968, Of, Wessex, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 985	Of, Wessex, England
  Family ID	F5358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	Abt Aug 1015	Of, London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F5361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Ealgyth Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 990, Mercia, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aug 1015	London, Middlesex, England (2ND Husb)   [3]
  Children	1. Edward "The Exile\Aetheling" Prince Of ENGLAND,   b. 1016, Wessex, England d. 1057, London, Middlesexshire, England (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F5362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Edmund II, byname EDMUND IRONSIDE (b. c 993 - d. 30 Nov 1016), king of the English from 30 April to 30 Nov 1016, surnamed "Ironside" for his staunch resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Canute. The son of King Ethelred II the Unready (reigned 978-1016), Edmund defied his father's orders by marrying (1015) the widow of one of the Danish lords then occupying English territory. Nevertheless, when Canute invaded England later in 1015, Edmund raised an army in northern England and ravaged regions that would not rally to his cause. Upon Edthelred's death (April 1016), a small number of councillors and citizens of London proclaimed Edmund as their ruler, but a larger body of nobles at Southampton declared for Canute. Edmund then launched a series of offensives against his rival. He recovered Wessex and relieved London of a siege before being decisively defeated by Canute at Ashington, Essex on October 18. In the ensuing peace settlement, Edmund retained Wessex, while Canute held the lands north of the River Thames. After Edmund died (probably of natural causes), Canute became sole ruler of England. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003, J. K. Loren. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-6 (Reliability: 3). [S216] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edmund II, Ironside (Reliability: 3).