England, NUN AT ROMSEY Christina "Atheling" Princess of

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Birth:
born posthumously

Christened:
Y

Edward married Agatha about 1035 in Of, London, Middlesex, England. (daughter of Iaroslav, Grand Prince of Kiev I and Sweden, Irina (Ingigerd) of) was born about 1018 in Braunschweig, Prussia; died on 13 Jul 1024. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The long published parental line that from LDS is likely incorrect.

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Edmund II (981?-1016), Saxon king of the English (1016). Edmund was King of England for only a few months. After the death of his father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defense of the city of London against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimed king by the Londoners. Meanwhile, the Witan (Council), meeting at Southampton, chose Canute as King. After a series of inconclusive military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent, but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon, Essex. A subsequent peace agreement was made, with Edmund controlling Wessex and Canute controlling Mercia and Northumbria. It was also agreed that whoever survived the other would take control of the whole realm. Unfortunately for Edmund, he died in November, 1016, transferring the Kingship of All England completely to Canute.

Edmund married of England, Ealdgyth (Algitha) Queen about Aug 1015 in Of, London, Middlesex, England. Ealdgyth (daughter of Thored Ældorman of Northumbria and England, Edgitha of) was born about 986 in Of, Wessex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Sweden, Irina (Ingigerd) of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Æthelred's reign was interrupted by Sweyn I (Forkbeard) of Denmark, who seized the English throne in 1013, only to die the following year. He succeeded to the throne after the murder of his half-brother, Edward II, the Martyr, at the age of ten.

His reign was plagued by poor advice from his personal favorites and suspicions of his complicity in Edward's murder. His was a rather long and ineffective reign, which was notable for little other than the payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking invaders with money. T

he relentless invasions by the Danish Vikings, coupled with their ever-escalating demands for more money, forced him to abandon his throne in 1013.

He fled to Normandy for safety, but was later recalled to his old throne at the death of Svein Forkbeard in 1014. He died in London in 1016.

Æthelred married of England, Ælfgifu (Elgiva) Queen about 985 in Of, Wessex, England. Ælfgifu (daughter of Gunnarsson, Thored Ealderman and Gunnarsson, Mrs-Thored) was born about 968 in Of, Wessex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Y

married England, Edgitha of. Edgitha was born about 960 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]