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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.
Ælfgifu of York (fl. c. 970 – 1002) was the first wife of Æthelred the Unready, King of the English; as such, she was Queen of the English from their marriage in the 980s until her death in 1002. They had many children together, including Edmund Ironside .
Edmund of England may refer to: Edmund I of England (921–946), King of the English, also known as Edmund the Elder; Edmund Ironside (died 1016), King of the English, also known as Edmund II; Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England; Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499–1500), son of King Henry VII ...
Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this. [2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts. [3] It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's ...
Edmund I of England (921–946) Edmund II of England ( fl. 1000–1016), also known as Edmund Ironside Edmund of Scotland ( fl. 1070–1097), included in some lists of Kings of Scots
Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia; Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946; Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016; Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne
As a son of the sovereign, Edmund bore the arms of the sovereign, differenced by a label argent, on each point three torteaux. [9] Edmund, the 1st Duke of York, is a major character in Shakespeare's Richard II. In the play, Edmund resigns his position as an adviser to his nephew Richard II, but is reluctant to betray the king.
Edmund and his brother Edward were the sons of Edmund Ironside by Ealdgyth. Their marriage took place in the late summer of 1015, so their sons were born in 1016 or 1017. [ 9 ] As the marriage lasted no more than fifteen months, either the boys were twins or one of them was born after his father's death. [ 10 ]