Edmund II 'Ironsides' KING OF ENGLAND b. 989 Wessex, England d. 30 Nov 1016 London, Greater London, England: Adkins-Horton Family

989 - 1016 (27 years)

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Name	Edmund II 'Ironsides' KING OF ENGLAND [1]
Born	989	Wessex, England
Gender	Male
Died	30 Nov 1016	London, Greater London, England
Buried	Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
Person ID	I5772	adkinshorton
Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

Father	Ethelred II 'the Unready' KING OF ENGLAND, b. Abt 968, Wessex, England , d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Greater London, England (Age ~ 48 years)
Mother	Elfflaed OF ENGLAND, b. Abt 963, Wessex, England , d. Feb 1002, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 39 years)
Married	985	Wessex, England
Family ID	F25197	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ealdgyth OF ENGLAND, b. Abt 986, East Anglia, Wessex, England , d. Yes, date unknown

Married 1015 Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England

Children

	1. EDMUND III, b. 1016, d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Edward "the Atheling" OF ENGLAND, b. Abt 1018, Wessex, England , d. Abt 1057, London, Greater London, England (Age ~ 39 years)

Family ID F25196 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Edmund II., Ironsides, was born in 989 and succeeded his father in April 1016. In this year he fought six battles, but through treachery he was completely overthrown at Assandun, in Essex. He and Canute the Dane agreed to divide the kingdom. He was chosen king of England by the Londoners on his father's death, April, 1016, while Canute was elected at Southampton by the Witan. Edmund hastily levied an army in the west, defeated Canute twice, raised the siege of London, and again routed the Danes. Levying a fresh army, he defeated them at Otford, his last victory. At Ashingdon in Essex, after a desperate fight, he was routed. By compromise with Canute, the latter retained Mercia and Northumbria, Edmund all the south and the headship, the survivor to succeed to the whole. A few weeks later Edmund died, in 1016, and Canute became King of England without a rival. It is said that the traitorous Edric Streona perhaps murdered Edmund on November 30, 1016, shortly after peace was made. Edmund II. married Ealgyth (Algitha), widow of Sigefrith the Dane. She died in 1014.