Edmund Wessex, King Of England

Bef 990 - 1016  (> 26 years)

• Name	Edmund Wessex
  Title	King Of England
  Birth	Bef 990	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Nov 1016	London, England
  Burial	Abt 3 Dec 1016	Somerset, England
  Person ID	I7348	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Aethelred of England, King of England ,   b. 19 Mar 968, Wessex, England d. 23 Apr 1016, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Aelfgifu Of York,   b. 970, Essex, England d. Bef 1001, England, United Kingdom (Age < 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	985
  Family ID	F5079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ealdgyth Verch Aelfgar, Queen of England ,   b. 986, Wessex, England d. 1016, London, England (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1015	Wiltshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Edward Atheling,   b. 1016, Essex, England d. 1057, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  King Edmund II lronside ( 1016 ) 1016 - Edmund Ironside, son of Aethelred II the Unready of England, bec o m e s King. At the battle of Assandun, in Essex, King Canute II of Denma r k d e feats Edmund. They meet on the Isle of Alney in the Severn and agr e e t o d ivide the kingdom into two. Canute takes the land North of the T h a me s and Edmund the South. 1016 - Edmund is assassinated a few months later and Canute takes the t h r o ne as King Canute of England.

  
  

• Photos

  Edmund_2_Ironside