Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
NameHRH Edmund "The Magnificent” I, King of England 86, 32G Grandfather, 364, M
Birth920, Wessex, England
Death26 May 946, England Age: 26
Burialabt May 946
OccupationKing of England
FlagsLived in UK
Cause of deathkilled at a banquet by an exiled outlaw
FatherHRH Edward "The Elder" King of England , 316, M (~871-924)
MotherHRH Eadgifu Queen of England , 366, F (~896-961)
Misc. Notes
EDMUND I "THE MANIFICENT", born about 922 in Wessex, England; died May 26, 946 at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was crowned King of England on October 27, 940; killed at a banquet by an exiled outlaw, LEOFA; buried at Glastonbury, England; married ELGIVA, born about 922, in Wessex, England; died 944 in England; after her death she was hallowed as a saint and miracles were worked at her tomb at Shaftesbury, England.

Made the King of Wessex in 941. Also born in 921. He was
assassinated by the

outlaw Lief, while defending his Steward. He was aged 25 at his
death.

His wife was only 15. Also; He reigned from 939 to 946 A.D.

"The English House of Wessex"; Including Danes and Norman
descent, a part of

"Bloodline of the Holy Grail", by Laurence Gardner (1996)
page(s) 416; ISBN

1-85230-870-2.
Spouses
1Saint Alfgifu , 32G Grandmother, 365, F
ChildrenEdgar "The Peacable" , 773, M (~943-975)
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