King of England Edmund "Ironside"

988 - 1016  (28 years)

• Name	Edmund "Ironside"
  Title	King of England
  Birth	22 Jul 988	Wessex
  Gender	Male
  REMOVED+WIDOW+EALDGYTH+FROM+MALMESBURY	Abt Aug 1015
  	Edmund raised a revolt against his father took Ealdgyth, the widow of Sigeferth, from the Malmesbury monastery, and married her without his fathers permission.
  BANNISHED+FROM+ENGLAND+BY+CNUT	1016	London, England
  A+COUNTRY+DIVIDED+-+CONFLICTING+KINGS	Apr 1016
  	Æthelred died on 23 April 1016, the citizens and councillors in London chose Edmund as king and probably crowned him, while the rest of the Witan, meeting at Southampton, elected Cnut.
  Title of Nobility	From 23 April 1016 to 30 November 1016	Wessex
  	King of the English
  Note+3	30 Nov 1016	Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Marion, Indiana, United States
  Death	30 Nov 1016	London, Middlesex, England
  Burial	Abt 3 Dec 1016	Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  MURDERED+BY+CNUT	1017	England
  	After being allowed to return and live in England, Eadwig was murdered at instigation of Cnut.
  OUTLAWED+BY+CNUT	1017	London, England
  Title of Nobility	Prince of England
  _FSFTID	KNXX-WBQ
  Person ID	I39226	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	King of the English Æthelred 'the Unready' of Wessex,   b. 19 Mar 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Ælfgifu of York,   b. 968, Northumbria, England d. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell, Hampshire, England (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	985
  Family ID	F17108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ealdgyth,   b. 995, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	Abt Aug 1015
  Children	1. the Exile Edward Ætheling,   b. 15 Oct 1015, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)   2. Edmund Ætheling,   b. Abt 1015, Wessex d. 1049, Óbuda, Budapest, Hungary (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F16119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023