King of England Edmund "The Magnificient"

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Reigned 940-946

Murdered; an outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.

Family/Spouse: Alfgifu (Elgiva). Alfgifu was born about 922 in Wessex, Devonshire, England; died in 945 in Shaftebury Abbey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edgar married Ælfthryth in 964 in Wessex, England. Ælfthryth (daughter of Earl of Devon Ordgar) was born about 945 in Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England; died on 17 Nov 1000 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eadwig (Edwy) (955-59 AD) On the death of Eadred, who had no children, Eadwig was chosen to be king since he was the oldest of the children in the natural line of the House of Wessex. He became king at 16 and displayed some of the tendencies one could expect in one so young, royalty or not. Historians have not treated Eadwig especially well, and it is unfortunate for him that he ran afoul of the influential Bishop Dunstan (friend and advisor to the recently deceased king, Eadred, future Archbishop of Canterbury and future saint), early in his reign. An incident, which occurred on the day of Eadwig's consecration as king, purportedly, illustrates the character of the young king. According to the report of the reliable William of Malmesbury, all the dignitaries and officials of the kingdom were meeting to discuss state business, when the absence of the new king was noticed. Dunstan was dispatched, along with another bishop, to find the missing youth. He was found with his mind on matters other than those of state, in the company of the daughter of a noble woman of the kingdom. Malmesbury writes, Dunstan, "regardless of the royal indignation, dragged the lascivious boy from the chamber and...compelling him to repudiate the strumpet made him his enemy forever." The record of this incident was picked up by future monastic chroniclers and made to be the definitive word on the character of Eadwig, mainly because of St. Dunstan's role in it. Dunstan was, after that incident, never exactly a favorite of Eadwig's, and it may be fair to say that Eadwig even hated Dunstan, for he apparently exiled him soon after this. Eadwigwent on to marry AElgifu, the girl with whom he was keeping company at the time of Dunstan's intrusion. For her part, "the strumpet" was eventually referred to as among "the most illustrious of women", and Eadwig, in his short reign, was generous in making grants to the church and other religious institutions. He died, possibly of the Wessex family ailment, when he was only 20.

Family/Spouse: Queen of Wessex Ælfgifu (Elgiva) (Elfgiva). Ælfgifu (daughter of Æthelfrith and Ælfgifu) was born about 920; died in Sep 959 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Æthelred married of Normandy Emma on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, England. Emma (daughter of Richard I "The Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnora de Crepon) was born about 982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried on 14 Mar 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Æthelred married Ælgifu Gunnarson in 985. Ælgifu (daughter of Thored Gunnarson) was born in 968 in Wessex, England; died in Feb 1002 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Known as "the Confessor", he was born around c. 1003/4 (by 1005) at Islip, Oxon. When he succeeded his half-brother King Hartacanute, on the 8th of June, 1042, the crown of England reverted from the usurping Dainsh dynasty to the line of Cerdic once
more, and for the last tiem. Edward was crowned on the 3rd of April, 1043, at Winchester Cathedral.

He died on the 4th or 5th of January, 1066, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in the new Westminster Abbey, built by his command and only recently consecrated.

He was succeeded by Harold, Earl of Wessex, his brother-in-law, to whom he left his throne, with the suport of the Witan, there being no adult claimant to the crown of the line of Cerdic.

Edward and Edith's marriage was purely platonic, the King being unwilling, for religious reasons, to comsummate it, hense there were no children.

His talent lay in the building of churches.

On the 7th of February, 1161, edward the Confessor was canonised, thus becoming the only king of England to be made a saint.

Edward married of Wessex Edith on 23 Jan 1045. Edith (daughter of Godwin and Gytha Thorgilsdottir) was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Goda married Count of Mantes and the Vexin Walter "Dreux" de Vexin about 1023. Walter (son of Count of Vexin Walter (Gautier) II "The White" de Valois and Adele de Senlis) was born in 979 in Normandy, France; died on 1 Jul 1035 in Bithynia, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Goda married Count of Boulogne II Eustace about 1050. II (son of I Eustace and Mahaut) was born about 1015 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The death of Edmund Ironside so soon after his peace treaty with Canute has always been suspicious. Although the offcial story was that he died of natural cuases, at least one chronicler claimed that he was murdered. The assassin apparently hid under the king's privy and, when the king came to relieve himself, he was stabbed twice up through the bowels. He is the only king believed to have been murdered on the toilet, though George II also died (of a heart attack) while going to the lavatory.

Edmund married Ealdgyth in Aug 1015 in England. Ealdgyth was born about 995 in Wessex, England; died in 1016 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earldorman of Northumbria Ughtred "The Bold". Ughtred was born about 971 in Northumberland, England; died in 1016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ælgifu married Earl of Mercia III Ælfgar in 1062. III (son of Earl of Mercia III Leofric and Godiva) was born before 1002 in Mercia, England; was buried in 1059 in Coventry, Warwick, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]