, Edmund I the Elder, King of England


Born: 921
Acceded: 29 NOV 939, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Died: 26 MAY 946, Pucklechurch, Dorset
Interred: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
Notes:
Reigned 940-946
Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine
He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported
Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.

Father: , Edward the Elder, King of England, b. 869

Mother: , Eadgifu (Edgiva), b. BEF 905

Married to , AElfgifu (St.)

Child 1: , Edwy (EAdwig) the Fair, King of England, b. CIR 942
Child 2: , Daughter
Child 3: , Edgar the Peaceful, King of England, b. 944

Married to , AEthelflaed of Domerham


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