Family tree Bas » Edmund I "de Geweldige" van Engeland (922-946)

Personal data Edmund I "de Geweldige" van Engeland 

• He was born in the year 922.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Edmund (of Edmond) I (922 - Pucklechurch (South Gloucestershire), 26 mei 946), bijgenaamd de Geweldige of de Oudere, was koning van Engeland van 939 tot 946. Hij was een zoon van Eduard de Oudere en halfbroer van zijn voorganger Athelstan.
  
  Edmund moest al snel na zijn aantreden het hoofd bieden aan militaire dreigingen. Koning Olaf I van Dublin veroverde Northumbria en viel de Midlands binnen. Na Olafs dood in 942 heroverde Edmund het gebied. Ook onderdrukte hij opstanden van de Denen in Mercia. De Deense aanvoerder Olaf van York werd in 942 zijn peetzoon, en bleef Edmunds bondgenoot toen hij koning van Dublin werd. In 945 veroverde Edmund Strathclyde en gaf dit gebied aan Malcolm I van Schotland, in ruil voor zijn steun. Rond deze tijd probeerde hij ook de vrijlating van zijn neef Lodewijk IV van Frankrijk te bewerkstelligen, die door opstandige leenmannen gevangen was genomen. Edmunds pogingen en dreigementen maakten echter weinig indruk.
  
  Edmund werd gedood tijdens een feest in zijn eigen verblijf door Leofa, een verbannen misdadiger, die bij het gevecht ook het leven liet. Edmund werd begraven in de abdij van Glastonbury. Hij werd opgevolgd door zijn broer Edred.

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 2

  Edmund I (Old English: Eadmund; 922 – 26 May 946), called the Elder, the Deed-doer, the Just, or the Magnificent, was King of England from 939 until his death. He was a son of Edward the Elder and half-brother of Athelstan. Athelstan died on 27 October 939, and Edmund succeeded him as king.
  
  Edmund came to the throne as the son of Edward the Elder, grandson of Alfred the Great, great-grandson of Ethelwulf of Wessex, great-great grandson of Egbert of Wessex and great-great-great grandson of Ealhmund of Kent. Shortly after his proclamation as king, he had to face several military threats. King Olaf III Guthfrithson conquered Northumbria and invaded the Midlands. When Olaf died in 942, Edmund reconquered the Midlands. In 943, he became the god-father of King Olaf of York. In 944, Edmund was successful in reconquering Northumbria. In the same year, his ally Olaf of York lost his throne and left for Dublin in Ireland. Olaf became the king of Dublin as Olaf Cuaran and continued to be allied to his god-father. In 945, Edmund conquered Strathclyde but ceded the territory to King Malcolm I of Scotland in exchange for a treaty of mutual military support. Edmund thus established a policy of safe borders and peaceful relationships with Scotland. During his reign, the revival of monasteries in England began.
  Louis IV of France
  
  One of Edmund's last political movements of which there is some knowledge is his role in the restoration of Louis IV of France to the throne. Louis, son of Charles the Simple and Edmund's half-sister Eadgifu, had resided at the West-Saxon court for some time until 936, when he returned to be crowned King of France. In the summer of 945, he was captured by the Norsemen of Rouen and subsequently released to Duke Hugh the Great, who held him in custody. The chronicler Richerus claims that Eadgifu wrote letters both to Edmund and to Otto I in which she requested support for her son. Edmund responded to her plea by sending angry threats to Hugh, who brushed them aside.[1] Flodoard's Annales, one of Richerus' sources, report:
  
  Edmund, king of the English, sent messengers to Duke Hugh about the restoration of King Louis, and the duke accordingly made a public agreement with his nephews and other leading men of his kingdom. [...] Hugh, duke of the Franks, allying himself with Hugh the Black, son of Richard, and the other leading men of the kingdom, restored to the kingdom King Louis.[2][3]
  
  Death and succession
  "The Murder of King Edmund at Pucklechurch", drawn by R. Smirke, published in Ashburton's History of England, 1793
  
  On 26 May 946, Edmund was murdered by Leofa, an exiled thief, while attending St Augustine's Day mass in Pucklechurch (South Gloucestershire).[4] John of Worcester and William of Malmesbury add some lively detail by suggesting that Edmund had been feasting with his nobles, when he spotted Leofa in the crowd. He attacked the intruder in person, but in the event, Edmund and Leofa were both killed.[5]
  
  Edmund's sister Eadgyth, wife to Otto I, died (earlier) the same year, as Flodoard's Annales for 946 report.[6]
  
  Edmund was succeeded as king by his brother Edred, king from 946 until 955. Edmund's sons later ruled England as:
  
  Eadwig of England, King from 955 until 957, king of only Wessex and Kingdom of Kent from 957 until his death on 1 October 959.
  Edgar of England, king of only Mercia and Northumbria from 957 until his brother's death in 959, then king of England from 959 until 975.

• He died on May 26, 946 in Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire, he was 24 years old.
• A child of Edward I "the Elder" van Wessex and Eadgifu van Kent
• This information was last updated on November 9, 2012.

Household of Edmund I "de Geweldige" van Engeland

(1) He is married to Aethelflaed van Damerham.

They got married

(2) He is married to Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury.

They got married in the year 940, he was 18 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Eadwig van Engeland  941-959
2. Edgar "de Vredesticter" van Wessex  942-975 

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Edmund I "de Geweldige" van Engeland?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Timeline Edmund I "de Geweldige" van Engeland

Click on the names for more info. Symbols used:  grandparents    parents    brothers/sisters    children