• Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third...
  • King Edmund I was the son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent. The couple married in 919. Edmund was their first child, born in either 920 or 921...
  • Edmund I, also known as Edmund the Deed-Doer, or Edward the Magnificent, reigned as the king of the English from 939 to 946.
  • Edmund I was the king of the English (939–946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupied by the Vikings.
  • Learn about the History of Early Medieval King King Edmund I. King Edmund I ruled England from 27th October 939 to 26th May 946.
  • In the 9th century the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms came under increasing attack from the Vikings, culminating in the invasion by the great heathen army in 865.
  • Edmund I, known as 'the Elder' or the Magnificent, was born circa 921, the son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife Edgiva.
  • By 944, King Edmund had now recalibrated and recaptured the territory which had been lost at the start of his reign and thus regained control of England.
  • A timeline of the main known events in the life of Edmund I King of England, son of Edward the Elder showing dates and details of his life.
  • He had never married and was succeeded by his 18-year-old half-brother Edmund I, King of the English. Edmund was the first Anglo-Saxon monarch, whose...