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Edmund Ironside (c. 990 – 30 November 1016; Old English: Ēadmund, Old Norse: Játmundr, Latin: Edmundus; sometimes also known as Edmund II[a]) was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. [1] He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York.
- Æthelred The Unready
Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] pronounced...
- Cnut The Great
Cnut (/ k ə ˈ nj uː t /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse...
- Edmund Ætheling
Edmund Ætheling [a] (born 1016 or 1017, died before 1057)...
- King of The English
Great-great-great-grandson of Edmund Ironside Henry II named...
- Edward The Exile
After the Danish conquest of England in 1016, Canute had...
- Ælfgifu of York
Ælfgifu of York (fl. c. 970 – 1002) was the first wife of...
- Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside,...
- Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside
Edmund Oslac Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside (21 September 1924...
- Æthelred The Unready
Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO (6 May 1880 – 22 September 1959) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War.
Aug 16, 2024 · Edmund II was the king of the English from April 23 to Nov. 30, 1016, surnamed “Ironside” for his staunch resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Canute. The son of King Ethelred II the Unready (reigned 978–1016), Edmund defied his father’s orders by marrying (1015) the widow of one.
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Edmund Oslac Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside (21 September 1924 – 13 January 2020) was a British hereditary peer, who sat in the House of Lords from 1959 to 1999. Prior to entering the Lords, he served in the Royal Navy and worked for Marconi.
Sep 2, 2022 · 9 min read. Edmund Ironside, the son of Aethelred the Unready, found himself at the forefront of Anglo-Saxon resistance to the incoming threats from the Vikings led by the famous and powerful King Cnut. Edmund was born to the King of England, Aethelred the Unready and his first wife, Aelgifu.
May 14, 2018 · Edmund II (d. 1016), king of England (1016), known as ‘Ironside’. After the death of Æthelred in April 1016, his vigorous son Edmund, then in his early twenties, was recognized as his successor and took command of the forces resisting Cnut.
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May 14, 2018 · Edmund Ironside, d. 1016, king of the English (1016), son of Æthelred the Unready. Contrary to the wishes of his father, he married (1015) the widow of Siferth, a Danish thane, and was accepted as ruler of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw [1].
