Edmund I the Elder King of England [5182] 24
- Born: 921
- Marriage (1): AElfgifu (St.) [5183]
- Marriage (2): AEthelflaed of Domerham [5186]
- Died: 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Dorset, England at age 25
- Buried: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
 Cause of his death was Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine.
General Notes:
Acceded: 29 NOV 939, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Reigned 940-946
Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine
He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported
Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
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Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 29 Nov 939, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Great Britain.
Edmund married AElfgifu (St.) [5183] [MRIN: 1614]. (AElfgifu (St.) [5183] died about 944.)
Edmund next married AEthelflaed of Domerham [5186] [MRIN: 1615].
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