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Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.
May 22, 2024 · Edmund I was the king of the English (939–946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupied by the Vikings. He was the son of the West Saxon king Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) and Eadgifu and the half brother of King Athelstan (reigned 924–939), under whom the political.
Edmund I, known as 'the Elder' or the Magnificent, was born circa 921, the son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife Edgiva. As a sixteen year old, he had fought with distinction beside his elder half-brother, King Athelstan, at the Battle of Brunanburh against a combined force of Scots and Vikings. Edmund was around eighteen when he ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Edmund I, the Magnificent, King of England (20ggf) Name: King Edmund. Born: c.922. Parents: Edward the Elder and Edgiva. Relation to Charles III: 31st great-grandfather. House of: Wessex. Ascended to the throne: October 27, 939. Crowned: November 29, 939 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.18. Married: 1) Elgiva (2) Ethelfleda.
King Edmund I. During his six years as monarch, Edmund did his upmost to maintain the territorial, diplomatic and administrative legacy left behind by his half-brother Athelstan. Sadly his efforts were to be curtailed when, on the Feast of St Augustine in May 946 he was stabbed to death in a brawl…. Following in the footsteps of his older ...
Jan 18, 2019 · Edmund I was the half-brother and successor of King Æthelstan (r. 925-939). It was a tough act to follow, as Æthelstan was the first king of Wessex to claim authority over the whole of England. Yet, instead of being lost in his brother’s long shadow, Edmund I learned from Æthelstan’s success.
Jun 28, 2017 · Edmund I (r. 939-946) When Athelstan died without immediate successors, his half brother Edmund successfully suppressed rebellions by the Mercian Danes. Edmund I was murdered at a feast in his own hall, at the age of 25 in 946, after only seven years on the throne, and his brother Edred succeeded him. Edmund I's position in the genealogical ...
Edmund I (922 – 26 May 946), the Elder, the Deed-Doer or the Magnificent, was King of England from 939 until his death. He was a son of Edward the Elder and a half-brother of Athelstan. Edmund was the first king to start his rule with a united England. Early in his rule, the Norse king, Olaf Guthfrithson, took back much of the north of ...
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.
Aug 22, 2015 · King Edmund I 'the magnificent' was the elder son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Edgiva, and king of England from 939-946. Inheriting the expanded realm of England, Edmund initially lost York and Cumbria to the Norse and Scots, but through peace negotiations, baptisms and military skill, he won them back again.
