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  Edmund II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund was the second son of King Æthelred II and his first wife, Ælflaed of Northumbria.
On November 30, 1016, King Edmund II died of natural causes in Oxford or London, and his territories were ceded to Canute who then became king of England.
Edmund was buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset.
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 Ethelred the Unready - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethelred married firstly to Ælflaed, daughter of Thored, the ealdorman of Northumbria; she was the mother of four sons, including Edmund Ironside.
His third and final marriage, in 1002, was to Emma of Normandy, whose grandnephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne.
England had experienced a long period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the first half of the 10th Century.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Edmund II of England
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England.
Edmund Ironside is an anonymous Elizabethan play that depicts the life of Edmund II of England; however, at least two critics have suggested it is an early work by Shakespeare.
William III of England (14 November 1650 – 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, King of England and King of Ireland from 13 February 1689, and King of Scots...
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 34th Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
King Edmund of Wessex II [scrapbook] "Ironside" was born 988 in Wessex, England and married circa Aug 1015 in
Queen Aelfgifu of Wessex "Ealdgyth or Algitha" was born 986 to 990 in Wessex, England and married circa Aug 1015 in London, Middlesex County, England.
Godgifu of England "Goda" was born circa 1004.
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 Edmund I of England: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edmund I, or Edmund the Deed-Doer (921 (921: more facts about this subject) –May 26, 946 (946: more facts about this subject)) was King (King: A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom) of England (England: A division of the United Kingdom) from 939 (939: more facts about this subject) until his death.
Edmund thus established a policy of safe borders and peaceful relationships with Scotland (Scotland: One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts).
Edmund was murdered in 946 by Leofa, an exiled thief.
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 Edmund II of England: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edward the exile (1016- february 1057), son of king edmund ii of englandedmund ironside and of ealdgyth, gained the name of "exile" from his life spent...
Edmund II was eventually defeated by the Danes[Click link for more facts about this topic], EHandler: no quick summary.
Glastonbury is a small town in somerset, england, situated at a dry spot on the somerset levels, 30 miles south of bristol....
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 Edmund II of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was a son of King Ethelred II and Aelgifu of Northampton ; Edward the Confessor was his half-brother.
Edmund married Ealdgyth (Edith) of East Anglia (born c.
Edmund II was eventually defeated by the Danes and was allowed by Canute to the kingdom of Wessex on the understanding that of them survived the other would become of the whole of England.
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 GENUKI: Kings of England - E
king of England (known as the Peaceful or Peaceable) was born in 944 and was the younger of the two sons of Edmund I.
king of England, the second son of Ethelwolf, whose kingdom he shared with his brother Ethelbald in 858, and succeeded to the whole on Ethelbald's death in 860.
king of England, the son of Edgar, succeeded his brother, Edward the Martyr, in 979, and, for his want of vigour and capacity, was surnamed the Unready.
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 tripodfamilytree122104 - pafg347 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Edward England the Exile [Parents] was born in 1016 in Wessex, England.
King of England Edmund II [Parents] was born about 988 in Wessex, England.
Queen of England Ethelfleda.Ethelfleda married King of England Edmund I. King of England Edward I [Parents] "The Elder" was born about 871 in Wessex, England.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Children were: Æthelstan Prince of ENGLAND, Egbert Prince of ENGLAND, Edred Prince of England, Edwig Prince of ENGLAND, Edward Prince of England, Edgar, Prince of England, Edith Princess Of ENGLAND, Edmund II King Of ENGLAND "Ironside", Ælfgifu Princess Of ENGLAND, Wulfhild Princess Of England, Miss Æthelred [Abbess].
She was married to Edward III King Of ENGLAND on 24 Jan 1327/28 in York, Yorkshire, England.
She was married to Philip II King Of FRANCE on 28 Apr 1180 in Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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 Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı
On July 25, 1554 Queen Mary I of England, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine, was married to then Crown Prince Philip II of Spain, son of Charles I. The union intended to unite the thrones of Spain and England under their descendants.
Edmund, Percy and Baldrick were carried on wooden racks to their place of execution in the presence of an obviously excited crowd.
Edmund's protestations that Philip was twisted by unbridled ambition, haunted by insatiable greed, the most evil man in the world and a mindless killer, and that he murdered his own parents, only increased Philip's standing in the eyes of the Black Seal members.
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 My Family
Edward was King of England 1272-1307 Parents: King Henry III and Eleanor Berenger of Provence.
She was married to King Ethelred II of England in 985.
She was married to King Ethelred II of England on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, London, England.
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 Edmund II. (England) - Wikipedia
Zwischen den nun beiden englischen Königen Edmund und Knut kam es zu einigen Scharmützeln und schließlich zur entscheidenden Feldschlacht bei Ashington, in deren Verlauf einige englische Fürsten von Edmund abfielen und Edmunds Heer vernichtend geschlagen wurde.
Edmund wurde König von Wessex, Knut herrschte über den Rest.
Obwohl Edmund seine Herrschaft kaum ausüben konnte, vererbte er den Thronanspruch weiter.
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 Ancestors and Family of Edmund II Ironside of England
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.
In the ensuing peace settlement, Edmund retained Wessex, while Canute held the lands north of the River Thames.
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 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Edmund was King of England for only a few months.
After the death of his father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defense of the city of London against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimed king by the Londoners.
After a series of inconclusive military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent, but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon, Essex.
www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon15.html   (137 words)

  
 I20549: Edmund II "Ironside" (King of England) (988/993 - 30 NOV 1016)
Edmund II, called Ironside (981?-1016), Saxon king of the English (1016), son of King Ethelred the Unready.
When Ethelred died (1016), 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.
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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 Kings of England
King Edmund II "Ironsides" (of England) became King of England in April 1016 replacing King Ethelred II "the Unready" (of England).
King Harold II (of England) became King of England in January 1066 replacing King Edward III 'The Confessor' (of England).
King Edward II (of England) became King of England in 1307 replacing King Edward I "Longshanks" (of England).
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 My Family
She was married to King Edmund II of England.
She was married to King Henry PLANTAGENET II of England on MAY 18 1152 in Bordeaux, France.
She was married to King Ethelred THE UNREADY II of England.
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 My Family
She was married to King Edward ENGLAND I in England.
She was married to King Edgar ENGLAND in England.
was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - Edmund (II Ironside, King of the English 1016)
Edmund II (Ironside) became King after the death of his father Æthelred II in London.
Edmund was given control of Wessex and Canute was allowed to control Mercia and Northumbria.
Edmund II became king at the death of his father Athelred II in London.
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 Biography of Edmund II of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was elected king of England by the population of London on his father's death in 1016, but his rival, Canute the Great, enjoyed greater support throughout the country.
The known children of Edmund and Ealdgyth (Edith) are:
Shortly after making this agreement, Edmund II died, on November 30, 1016, and was buried at Glastonbury.
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Edmund was slain in battle by a certain Liofa, who was himsel slain by the King's men.
Returning to England b way of France, he was married to his second wife by the famous bishop-historian Hincmar of Rheims, and he died two years after his pilgrimage.
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 (d.
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 Harold II of England: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Invading what is now Yorkshire (Yorkshire: A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties) in September, 1066, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls Edwin of Mercia (Mercia: mercia, sometimes spelled mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the anglo-saxon heptarchy,...
The two armies clashed near Hastings (Hastings: The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest) on October 14, where after a hard fight Harold was killed and his forces routed.
Harold's illegitimate daughter Gytha of Wessex (Gytha of Wessex: gytha of wessex was one of several daughters of ealdgyth swanneck by harold ii, the last...
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 World History from 1000- 1100 AD
On the death of Ethelred II the King of England, Edmund II succeeded to the throne.
Canute II, a Dane, was chosen by the Witan- the advisory council to the King.
This led to Caunute II being crowned King of all England.
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 Edward II of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Queen Isabella was at York whilst Edward II was engaging the Scots at Berwick.
As a result of his favouritism of Gaveston and the severe loss at Bannockburn, famine and cattle diseases, Edward II became very unpopular, everything it could be concluded was as a result of Edward's poor rule.
Edward II arrived shortly after Lancaster's incarceration and Lancaster was arraigned before the king in the Great Hall of Pontefract.
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 Encyclopedia Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Edwy All-Fair was a King of England (955 - 959).
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 Chapter Kilderkin <i>to</i> King of K by Brewer's Readers Handbook
King (surnamed the Lame), Agesilaös of Sparta (B.C. Albert II.
King (surnamed the Long-legged), Edward I., Longshanks, of England (1239, 1272–1307).
King (surnamed the Martyr), Charles I. of England (1600, 1625–1649).
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 Edmund II of England : Edmund II
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King Edmund II of England (nicknamed Ironside for his military prowess - born in about 990 AD), was the son of King Ethelred II.
He was eventually defeated by the Danes, and was allowed by Canute to keep the kingdom of Wessex, on the understanding that whichever of them survived the other would become ruler of the whole of England.
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