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England, King of England Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of

England, King of England Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of

Male 921 - 946  (25 years)

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  • Name England, Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Title King of England 
    Birth 920/21  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 May 946  Pucklechurch, Glastonbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Age: 24
    Person ID I5853  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

    Father England, King of England Edward "The Elder" King of,   b. Between 871 and 875   d. Jul 924 (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother England, Edgiva Queen of   d. 25 Aug 968 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 919  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Family ID F2954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family of England, Saint Ælfgifu (Elgiva) Princess,   b. Abt 922, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 944, Shaflebury Abbey, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years) 
    Children 
     1. Fair", King of England Edwy "The,   b. Abt 940, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 959 (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. England, King of England Edgar "The Peaceful" King of,   b. 920/21   d. 946 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

  • Notes 


    • Biographical Text:
      Son of Edward the Elder, succeeded his half-brother, Æthelstan, with whom he had fought at Brunanburh. Combated the Norse Vikings in Northumbria and subdued them in Cumbria and Strathclyde. He entrusted these lands to an ally, Malcolm I of Scotland. Edmund met his death when he was killed at Pucklechurch, in Gloucestershire, by a robber.

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).

    2. [S971] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Edmund King of England

    3. [S1027] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).

    4. [S271] Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Name: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999);), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SY57-SKH : accessed 2016-11-27), entry for Edmund I King /de England/.

    5. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
      Date of Import: Feb 3, 2000