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	Edmund II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born to King Ethelred II and Aelfgifu Gunnarsson, Edmund married Agatha Morcarson, daughter of Morcar of Northumbria and Ealdgyth, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, sometime in August 1015.
		Edmund and Agatha produced two children in 1016: Edmund, who died at birth, and Edward of Wessex, England.
		Edmund was buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edmund_II_of_England (333 words)

	EDMUND I. - LoveToKnow Article on EDMUND I. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 945 Edmund ravaged Strathclyde, and entrusted it all to Malcolm, king of Scotland, on condition that he should be his fellow-worker by sea and land, the object of this policy being apparently to detach the king of Scots from any possible confederacy such as had been formed in 937.
		Edmund, the deed-doer as the chronicle calls him, Edmundus magnificus as Florence of Worcester describes him, perhaps translating the Saxon epithet, was buried at Glastonbury, an abbey which he had entrusted in 943 to the famous Dunstan.
		Edmund was twice married; first to ~llfgifu, the mother of Eadwig and Edgar; second to A~thelfind at Damerhame (i.e.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ED/EDMUND_I_.htm (427 words)

	EDMUND IRONSIDE - LoveToKnow Article on EDMUND IRONSIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Canute invaded England in 1015, Edmund sought to resist him, but, paralysed by the treachery and desertion of the ealdorman Edric, he could do nothing, and Wessex submitted to the Danish king.
		The citizens of London and those members of the Witan who were present in the city chose Edmund, the rest of the Witan.
		Edmund retired into Gloucestershire, whither he was followed by Canute.
	33.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ED/EDMUND_IRONSIDE.htm (385 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Ed-Edt) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edmund I (the Elder or the Magnificent) was a king of England.
		Edmund (Ironside) was a son of Ethelred and King of England in 1016.
		Sir William Edmund Ironside was a Scottish military commander and 1st Baron Ironside.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C41A.HTM (1280 words)

	Ed Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edmund held against Canute's attack on London, lost at Sherstone as Edric of Shropshire convinced the amy Edmund was dead, lost at Ashington on Oct 18, and the weary armies agreed to negotiate at the battle at Deerhurst in Gloucester.
		Edmund met his death when he was killed at Pucklechurch, north of Bath in Gloucestershire, by a robber, outlaw Leolf who stabbed Edmund to death at a banquet to St Augsutine.
		Edmund intervened in the battle and was stabbed.
	www.packrat-pro.com /edn.htm (1834 words)

	Richard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Following this defeat, Edmund retreated to the West Country and it was in October 1016 on a small island called Athelney, near Deerhurst, that he finally met with Knut and an agreement made so that each would rule half of the country, but if one died the survivor would be total ruler.
		Edmund's death is also open to speculation - the most popular theory being that he was assassinated, by - or on the orders of - Eadric, the assassin (possibly Eadric's son) hiding in Edmund's privy and stabbing him in the bowel.
		Edmund was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, but his remains were destroyed when the tyrant Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of all monastaries.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /rtee/Ironside.htm (1033 words)

	William Ironside
		In 1908 Ironside was promoted to captain and on the outbreak of the First World War was sent to France and served on the Western Front.
		Ironside was sent to Russia in 1918 and commanded a multinational army against the Bolsheviks.
		Ironside became Commander of the Imperial General Staff in September 1939 when he replaced General John Gort who had been sent to France as head of the British Expeditionary Force.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWironside.htm (331 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Edmund (II)
		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.
		Upon Ethelred'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.
		In the ensuing peace settlement, Edmund retained Wessex, while Canute held the lands north of the River Thames.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /mikepymm/edmund_(ii).htm (176 words)

	My Page
		Edmund Ironsides was born not more than 26 years ago, the son of a moderately wealthy iron merchant.
		Edmund, however, chose the path of a city guard, always interested in them.
		It gives Edmund a small amount of magical protection from physical blows, and the armour itself is immune to corrosion it also gives Edmund some protection against acid.
	www.myrealms.net /members/edmund (355 words)

	Edmund Ironside. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		However, the people apparently felt that he was a rebel against his father, for he found it hard to gain a following without his father’s aid.
		At Æthelred’s death (Apr., 1016) Edmund was proclaimed king in London, but most of the nobles gave their support to Canute.
		Edmund continued the struggle with great courage (which earned him the appellation Ironside) and considerable success until he was defeated in the disastrous battle of Assandun (Oct. 18, 1016).
	www.bartleby.com /65/ed/EdmundIr.html (196 words)

	Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron on Encyclopedia.com
		After serving with distinction in the South African War and World War I, he was chosen (1918) to command the Allied forces at Archangel to aid Aleksandr Kolchak in fighting the Bolsheviks.
		On the outbreak of World War II, he was recalled to England to be chief of the imperial general staff.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/i/ironside.asp (258 words)

	Iranica.com - IRONSIDE, William Edmund;
		He was the second child of Surgeon-Major William Ironside, and was educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and commissioned in the Royal Artillery Regiment in 1899.
		In May 1940, when a German invasion of Britain seemed imminent, Ironside was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces but was retired in July of the same year.
		He was knighted in 1919, promoted to full General in 1935, Field Marshall in 1940, and raised to the peerage in 1941.
	www.iranica.com /articles/supp4/Ironside.html (536 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Edmund (II Ironside, King of the English 1016)
		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.
		Canute defeated Edmund Ironside at Ashingdon and a treaty was signed leaving Edmund with only the area of Wessex.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpr44.htm (393 words)

	34th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King Edmund of Wessex II [scrapbook] "Ironside" was born 988 in Wessex, England and married circa Aug 1015 in
		BIOGRAPHY: Edmund "Ironside" was the king of the English from April 23 to November 30, 1016.
		He was surnamed "Ironside" for his staunch resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Canute.
	boazfamilytree.com /edebeauchamp/aqwg67.htm (860 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Ealdgyth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marriage: Edmund II Ironside of England in 1015
		Ealdgyth married Edmund II Ironside of England, son of Ethelred II the Unready of England and Elfgifu, in 1015.
		(Edmund II Ironside of England was born circa 993 and died on 30 Nov 1016.)
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2338.htm (74 words)

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		Edmund Ironside is about the troubled reign of the eponymous King Edmund some 50 years before the Norman Invasion of 1066.
		After numerous inconclusive military encounters, which teach Edmund Ironside and King Canutus that today's profit is tomorrow's loss, the two enemies of long standing finally to decide to end their strife and to conclude a peace.
		In Edmund Ironside, the peace agreement is immediately followed by new revelations of unmistakable discontent, dissatisfaction coming from those who had earlier sacrificed their relatives in the struggle.
	shakespeare.let.uu.nl /ironside.htm (2302 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.
	www.pa.uky.edu /~shapere/dkbingham/d0009/g0000010.html (273 words)

	Edmund Ironside (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edmund (who would become known as 'Ironside'), Æthelred's eldest surviving son by his first wife, seized Aldgyth and, in defiance of his father, married her.
		Edmund) collected his force the third time, and went to London, all by north of the Thames, and so out through Clayhanger, and relieved the citizens, driving the enemy to their ships.
		Edmund and Cnut met on Ola's Island (possibly Naight Brook) in the middle of the Severn, near Deerhurst.
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /ironside.htm (5098 words)

	King Cnut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edmund broke out of London before the siege was closed.
		Edmund was given Wessex while Cnut received all of the country north of the Thames.
		The potential for renewed hostilities was removed when Edmund died on November 30, 1016 and Cnut was accepted by the English as their king.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/vikings/cnutaut.html (2410 words)

	Britannia History: The Last Aetheling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edmund Ironside and Cnut signed an agreement over the division of the kingdom.
		Edmund may well have been reluctant, but the duty of kings of that time was to protect the folc, not involve them in perpetual war Not long after the treaty, Edmund died, leaving Cnut in sole possession.
		According to known records, the elder boy, Edmund, died quite young, leaving Edward the exile as the solitary heir of Ironside.
	www.britannia.com /history/articles/edgar.html (3391 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Edmund II
		Edmund Ironside was the son of Ethelred 'The Unready' and his first wife, Elfgifu.
		He made himself ruler in the Danelaw, independent of his father.
		Canute later defeated him at Ashingdon in Essex, striking a treaty of peace which allowed Edmund to rule in Wessex and Canute to take the rest.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page34.asp (65 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		This expected war did not, however, happen as Sweyn's son Cnut or Canute who was the main threat to Edmund's succession decided that he could make do with Denmark and Norway for now.
		Perhaps as a macabre reminder to the English that he was not gone forever Cnut showed a typical Viking lack of mercy by having the English hostages, which Sweyn had taken as an assurance of English fielty, mutilated.
		Edmund did not enjoy a lengthy reign and it is suggested that he was murdered after just 7 months on the throne of England.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/rulers/edmund_ii.html (178 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg111 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Edmund II "Ironside" King Of ENGLAND [Parents] was born about 988 in Of,, Wessex, England.
		She married Edmund II "Ironside" King Of ENGLAND about Aug 1015 in Of, London, Middlesex, England.
		Edmund Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1016 in Of,, Wessex, England.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg111.htm (580 words)

	Edmund Ironside
		Edmund, the son of Ethelred the Unready and half-brother of Edward the Confessor, was born in about 981.
		When Canute the Great invaded England in 1015, Edmund raised an army in Mercia and when his father died in April 1016, he was chosen as king by the people of London, however, the Witan selected Canute.
		After a series of battles, where he obtained the nickname, Ironside, Edmund was defeated at Ashingdon in Essex.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDironside.htm (159 words)

	Chapter 19.
		Edmund was called Ironside because of his strength and courage.
		Both were strong, but Edmund was the taller, and Canute soon began to feel that he was being beaten.
		Edmund Ironside, the Englishman, ruled over the south part, and Canute the Dane ruled over the north part, and there was peace in the land.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/marshall/england/england-19.html (1099 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - This Sceptred Isle - Canute and Edmund Ironside
		His son, Edmund Ironside, took up Aethelred's claim.
		So once again England was divided and on Aethelred's death Edmund Ironside became king of Wessex until the spiritual and lay chiefs of England agreed to abandon his royal line and recognise Cnut as king of all England.
		Edmund II Ironside is chosen as king but defeated by
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/sceptred_isle/page/4.shtml (342 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron 1880–1959, British general.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Ironside.html (256 words)

	King Edmund II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King Edmund II King Edmund II Edmund Ironside
		Edmund fought the Danes in 1015 and in 1016 was elected King of England by the Witan and the people of London.
		On 18th Oct 1016 he was defeated by Cnut and the Danes at Ashingdon and forced to accept the partitioning of England.
	www.chrisbutterworth.com /hist/edmund2.htm (84 words)

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