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Edmund I or Eadmund I [a] (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. After Edward died in 924, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund's half-brother Æthelstan.
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.
Jun 28, 2017 · 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.
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 ...
Edmund I (often called Edmund the Magnificent or Edmund the Elder) was the son of Edward the Elder and half-brother of Athelstan. When Athelstan died in AD 939 Edmund came to the throne, aged just 18. Shortly after taking the throne, he married Aelfgith, who would later become canonised as St ...
Edmund I (922 – 26 May 946), the Elder, the Deed-Doer or the Magnificent, was King of England from 939 until his death. [1] 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. [1]
Aug 22, 2015 · Discover King Edmund I (939-946), the warrior king who lost his half-brother's territory to the Vikings, but then regained it, magnificently.
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.
King Edmund I, also known as Edmund the Magnificent or Edmund the Elder, was a 9th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia. He was a member of the Wuffingas dynasty, and is believed to have ruled from about 855 to 870.
