Edmund Ironside

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Edmund Ironside was a short-reigned but renowned English king in 1016, celebrated for his fierce resistance against Danish invasion under Cnut the Great.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century monarch ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Edmund II ⓘ
Edmund II of England ⓘ
linked to: Edmund II
battle Battle of Assandun ⓘ
Battle of Brentford ⓘ
Battle of Otford ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Brentford

Battle of Sherston ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ashdown
birthDate circa 993 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
burialPlace Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath unknown (possibly assassination or natural causes) ⓘ
child Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) ⓘ
Edward the Exile ⓘ
conflict Danish invasion of England ⓘ
campaigns of 1016 in England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 30 November 1016 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
describedBySource Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
era Late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
father Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
givenName Edmund ⓘ
house House of Wessex ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
monarchOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
mother Ælfgifu of York ⓘ
nickname Ironside ⓘ
notableFor resistance to Danish invasion ⓘ
wars against Cnut the Great ⓘ
occupation monarch ⓘ
opponent Cnut the Great ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon monarchy of England ⓘ
positionHeld King of the English ⓘ
predecessor Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
reignEnd 1016 ⓘ
reignStart 1016 ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
royalStyle Edmund II ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ealdgyth ⓘ
successor Cnut the Great ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
title King of the English ⓘ

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

Edward the Exile → father → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Edgar Ætheling → grandfather → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Edmund → hasOldEnglishForm → Ēadmund ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Edmund → hasVariant → Eadmund ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Edmund → historicallyBorneBy → Edmund Ironside, king of England ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Danish conquest of England → hasKeyFigure → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → successor → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → coRuler → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → child → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Cnut the Great → predecessor → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Battle of Assandun → commander → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Battle of Assandun → opponent → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Battle of Assandun → aftermath → Edmund Ironside died shortly after the battle in 1016 ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Battle of Assandun → combatant → King Edmund Ironside of England ⓘ
subject linked to: Ashingdon
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Edmund Ironside → hasChild → Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside ⓘ
subject linked to: General Sir Edmund Ironside
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Alfred Ætheling → sibling → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
subject linked to: Alfred Aetheling
Alfred Ætheling → notableRelative → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
subject linked to: Alfred Aetheling
Battle of Brentford → commander → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Battle of Brentford → notableCommanderSide → Edmund Ironside of England ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Battle of Brentford → involvedKing → King Edmund Ironside ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) → father → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Edmund II → nickname → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Ælfgifu of York → motherOf → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → successor → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
subject linked to: the Unready
Æthelred the Unready → child → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
subject linked to: the Unready
Alfred Atheling → sibling → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Athelstan Atheling → sibling → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Athelstan Atheling → successorAsHeir → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Uhtred the Bold → supportedRuler → Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Knut the Great → predecessor → Edmund Ironside ⓘ