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| Name |
Edmund Wessex |
| Suffix |
II King of England |
| Nickname |
Ironside |
| Birth |
990 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
30 Nov 1016 |
London, Middlesex, England |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
2 Jan 1930 |
ARIZO |
| FamilySearch ID |
KNXX-WBQ |
| Burial |
Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I40080 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Æthelred "The UnReady" Wessex, II King of England, b. 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
Ælfgifu, Queen of England, b. 968, England d. 1002, England (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
985 |
England |
| Family ID |
F6992 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eldgyth Morcarsdottir, b. Abt 992, England d. 1016 (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage |
Aug 1015 |
London, Middlesex, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Edward "the Exile" Wessex, Prince of England, b. 1016, England d. Aug 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years) |
| | 2. Edmund Wessex, b. 1017, England d. London, Middlesex, England |
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| Family ID |
F6910 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Jun 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 Saxon K i ng of the English (1 016).
In 1015 Eadmund desired to marry Ealdgyth, the widow of a Danish Earl na m ed Sigeferth. His father did not want him to make this marriage wit h a Da nish woman, but Eadmund married Ealdgyth none-the-less. This anger ed Cnut , a Danish leader,and he made war on Eadmund. This war between Cn ut and E admund lasted over a year until the latter's death. Some authori ties stat e that Eadmund was slain by Cnut's men, while others claim tha t he die d a natural death. Edmund was chosen king by the people of Londo n, but Ca nute II, King of Denmark, who was leading an invasion of Englan d, secure d the support of the council (witenagemot) at Southampton and o f Edric (d .1017), Ethelred's son-in-law. Edmund met the Danes in battle , winning se veral engagements and relieving Canute's siege of London. H e was defeate d at Assandun (now Ashington), however, through the treache ry of Edric, w ho had pretended to desert Canute. A truce was arranged be tween Canute an d Edmund; Edmund was permitted to rule the south of Engla n d until his de ath later in the year, when it reverted to Canute.
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