Edmund av England, "Edmund 1."

Abt 0921 - 946  (25 years)

• Name	Edmund av England
  Suffix	"Edmund 1."
  Nickname	"The Magnificent"/"den eldre"
  Birth	Abt 0921	Wessex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 0939	England   [1]
  	Konge.
  	Da broren Athelstan døde i 939, overtok Edmund kongetittelen etter han. I 940 tapte han - the Five Boroughs - det danske Mercia - til danskene, men vant dette tilbake et par år senere, i 942. Han beseiret Eirik Blodøks og jagde vikingene fra Jorvik 941. Vant tilbake hele Northumbria i 944, og Cumbria året etter. Siste ga han til skottekongen Malcom for å få han som alliert. [1]
  Death	26 May 946	Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  	Knivstukket og drept av Leofa under et slagsmål ved Pucklechurch. [1]
  Burial	Aft 26 May 0946	Somersetshire, England   [1]
  	Begravet i Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire. [1]
  Person ID	I4934	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward av England, "av Wessex",   b. Abt 0872, Wessex, England d. Abt 17 Jul 0924, Cheshire, England (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eadgiva (Eadgifu),   b. Abt 0896, Kent, England d. 25 Aug 968, Kent, England (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Between 0904 and 0919
  	Children: 1. Edmund 1 The Elder - The Magnificent, King of England was born about 921 in Wessex, England, died on 26 May 946 in Murdered, Pucklechurch, England, and was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England. 2. Eadgyth Princess of England was born about 910 in Wessex, England, died on 26 Jan 946 in Saxony, Germany, and was buried in St Maurice Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany. Eadgyth married Otto 1 - The Great - King of the Germans, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Henry 1 - The Fowler - Duke of Saxony, King of Germany and Saint Matilda, Countess of Ringelheim, Queen of the Germans. Otto was born on 23 Nov 912 in Brunswick, Germany, died on 7 May 973 in Thuringia, and was buried in St Maurice Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany. 3. Aelgifu Princess of England was born about 904 in Wessex, England and died about 951. Aelgifu married Charles 3, King of France, son of Louis 2 - The Springer - King of France and Adelaide (Judith), Queen of Franks. [1]
  Family ID	F2620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aelgifu,   b. Abt 0922, Wessex, England d. 25 Aug 968, Wessex, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Bef 0944
  	Barn: 1. Eadwig, sønn til Edmund. Konge 955-959. Måtte dele makten med sin bror Edgar 957 som fikk landet nord for Thames, Mercia og Northumbria. 2. Edgar den fredlige, f.944 i Wessex, d.8.juli 975 i Winchester, Hampshire. Begravet i Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire. Konge 959-975. Konge over hele England, hadde fred med vikingene mot å gi dem et visst indre selvstyre. Sønn: Edward Martyr. Konge 975-978. [1]
  Family ID	F2655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S754] Wikipedia (Reliability: 1).