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Edmund I King of England

Male 921 - 946  (25 years)


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  • Name Edmund I King of England  [1, 2
    Born 921  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 27 Oct 939 
    King of England (succeeded his half-brother Æthelstan) 
    Occupation 27 Oct 940 
    Crowned King of England at Kingston-upon-Thames, Middlesex, England 
    Occupation 942 
    Moved against Olaf Sihtricson and regained the lands lost to the former Olaf 
    Occupation 943 
    Made peace with Olaf and saw him baptised as a Christian 
    Military 944 
    Seized York 
    Military 944 
    Took advantage of the fighting between Olaf Sihtricson and a rival claimant to the Scandanavian Kingdom of York, and invaded Northumbria 
    Occupation 945 
    Received at least one embassy from his brother-in-law, King Otto I of Germany 
    Occupation 945 
    Sustained his nephew, Louis IV, as King of France 
    Occupation 26 May 946 
    Killed while attempting to defend his steward from an attack by an outlaw named Leofa 
    Died 26 May 946  Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Murdered 
    Buried Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4068  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Edward I King of Wessex,   b. 875, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 924, Farrington (Farndon-on-Dee), Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Eadgifu of Kent,   b. Abt 896, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 968, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married 919  Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ælfgifu of England,   b. Abt 922, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 944, Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years) 
    Married Abt 940 
    Children 
     1. Edwy King of England,   b. 941, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 959, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     2. Edgar King of England,   b. 943, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 78.

    2. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 2:1-17.