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  2. Edmund Ironside - Wikipedia

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    Edmund Ironside (c. 990 – 30 November 1016; Old English: Ä’admund, 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.

  3. Edmund the Martyr - Wikipedia

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    Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) [note 1] was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Few historical facts about Edmund are known, as the kingdom of East Anglia was devastated by the Vikings , who destroyed any contemporary evidence of his reign.

  4. Edmund I - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. List of English monarchs - Wikipedia

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    In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".

  6. Lists of songs - Wikipedia

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    List of songs written by Goffin and King; List of songs written by Gregg Alexander; List of songs written by Hank Williams; List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland; List of songs written by Hyuna; List of songs written by Irving Berlin; List of songs written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter; List of songs written by Jack Keller

  7. Cnut's invasion of England - Wikipedia

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    Edmund then returned south to London, where Aethelred died on the 23rd of April. The English nobility present in London elected Edmund king, while the rest of the nobility meeting in Southampton, declared their allegiance to Cnut. Edmund hastened to Wessex to levy an army while the Danes laid siege to London on the 7th of May.

  8. Viking activity in the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    After his victory over English forces at the Battle of Assandun, Cnut and Edmund Ironside agreed to divide England between them, Cnut the north and Edmund the south; whoever outlived the other becomes king of all England. Cnut became king of England upon Edmund’s death on the 30th of November, and was crowned later in 1017, subsequently ...

  9. Battle of Assandun - Wikipedia

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    There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon near Saffron Walden in north Essex, England, or, as long supposed, Ashingdon near Rochford in south-east Essex. It ended in victory for the Danes, led by King Cnut, who triumphed over an English army led by King Edmund Ironside. The battle was the conclusion to Cnut's invasion of England.