Edmund Ironside, king of England

Also known as Edmund II, and Eadmund Ætheling.

Events

Date of Birth: probably between 988 and 996.

This estimated date is given by Baldwin.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 30 November 1016.

Place of Death: London.

The date and place are given by Lawson and by Baldwin. The death is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (D, E, F) s.a. 1016, by John of Worcester s.a. 1016, and by William of Malmesbury § 180.

Place of Burial: Glastonbury.

The place is given by Lawson and by Baldwin. The sources given above for the death also record the burial.

Relationships

Father: Æthelred II, the Unready (about 997 - 1016), king of England.

This relationship is given by Lawson. It is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and in a number of charters.

Mother: Ælgifu.

This relationship is given by Lawson. Sources differ with regard to her ancestry. Baldwin (Ælfgifu (?)) discusses the evidence.

Spouse: Ealdgyth, widow of the Danelaw thegn Sigeferth. Married about August 1015.

This relationship is given by Lawson. Evidence for the relationship is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle s.a. 1015, in charter S 947, and by William of Malmesbury § 179. Ealdgyth’s name is given by John of Worcester s.a. 1015. Sources differ with regard to Ealdgyth’s ancestry. Baldwin (Ealdgyth (Aldgitha)) discusses conjectures.

Children:

Edmund (1016 - 10 January, before 1057).

Edward Ætheling (about 1017 - 19 April 1057) married Agatha.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Ælfgifu (?)” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eadmund "Ironside"” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Baldwin, Stewart. “Ealdgyth (Aldgitha)” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Lawson, M.K. “Edmund II (d. 1016)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

John of Worcester, Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis (Benjamin Thorpe, ed.) 2 volumes. (London:Sumptibus Societatis, 1848-1849).

“Edmund 24” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 9 June 2014]

Plummer, Charles (ed.) Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: A Revised Text (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1899).

“S 947” on Anglo-Saxons.net.

Willelmi Malmesbirienis Monachi Gesta Regum Anglorum (Thomas Duffus Hardy, ed.) (London:1840)