Name: King Edmund Born: c.922 Parents: Edward the Elder and Edgiva Relation to Elizabeth II: 30th great-grandfather House of: Wessex Ascended to the throne: October 27, 940 Crowned: November 29, 940 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.18 Married: 1) Elgiva (2) Ethelfleda Children: 2 sons Edwy and Edgar Died: May 26, 946 at Pucklechurch near Bath (murdered) Buried at: Glastonbury Reigned for: 5 years, 6 months, and 28 days Succeeded by: his brother Edred
King of England 939–46. The son of Edward the Elder, he succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, as king in 939. He succeeded in regaining control of Mercia, which on his accession had fallen to the Norse inhabitants of Northumbria, and of the Five Boroughs, an independent confederation within the Danelaw. He then moved on to subdue the Norsemen in Cumbria and finally extended his rule as far as southern Scotland. As well as uniting England, he bolstered his authority by allowing St Dunstan to reform the Benedictine order. He was killed in 946 at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber