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King Edmund II (Ironside)
Born: 989
Father: AEthelred II the Unready, King of England
Mother: Elfreda (AElfgifu)
Reigned: April - November 1016
Died: 30 November 1016 (murdered at the instigation of his brother-in-law Edric)
He was married and had 2 children.
On his father's death Edmund was chosen king by a council of Anglo-Saxon kings and eldormen (The Witan) and proclaimed in early 1016.
Cnut, had already been elected by a majority of Witan members meeting in Southampton. Edmund marched into Wessex and won three of the four battles there. He was finally defeated at Assandun (Ashington, Essex) .
Cnut and Edmund agreed to split the kingdom in two but Edmund died 7 months later 'of natural causes' but it is thought that he had been murdered.
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