Edmund II

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King of England human medieval ruler monarch

Edmund II, known as Edmund Ironside, was a king of England in 1016 renowned for his fierce resistance against Danish invasion.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Edmund II of England 1
King Edmund II 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of England ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Saxon resistance to Vikings ⓘ
battle Battle of Assandun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Brentford (1016) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Otford (1016) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Sherston NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Glastonbury Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath disputed ⓘ
child Edmund Ætheling NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward the Exile NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 11th century ⓘ
conflict Danish invasion of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
wars against Cnut the Great ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 30 November 1016 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
dynasty House of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
father Æthelred the Unready NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Edmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
house House of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
monarchOf England NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Ælfgifu of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Edmund Ironside NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor military leadership ⓘ
resistance to Danish invasion ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
positionHeld King of the English NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Æthelred the Unready NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd 1016 ⓘ
reignStart 1016 ⓘ
relative Edward the Confessor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelstan Ætheling NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Olney (division of England with Cnut) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Ealdgyth (Edmund Ironside’s wife) NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Cnut the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialControl Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Ironside NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of the English NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund Ironside → royalStyle → Edmund II ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → alsoKnownAs → Edmund II ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → alsoKnownAs → Edmund II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edmund II of England
Battle of Assandun → primaryOpposingRulers → Edmund II ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Edmund II