The exact date of Edmund Ironside's birth is unclear, but it could have been no later than 993 when he was a signatory to charters along with his two elder brothers.
13 Facts About Edmund Ironside
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Edmund Ironside's mother died around 1000, after which his father remarried, this time to Emma of Normandy, who had two sons, Edward the Confessor and Alfred and a daughter Goda.
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Edmund Ironside's will reflected the close relationship between the brothers and the nobility of the East Midlands.
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Edmund Ironside then received the submission of the people of the Five Boroughs.
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In late 1015 Edmund Ironside raised an army, possibly assisted by his wife's and mother's links with the midlands and the north, but the Mercians under Eadric Streona joined the West Saxons in submitting to Cnut.
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Edmund Ironside then raised a new army and in conjunction with Earl Uhtred of Northumbria ravaged Eadric Streona's Mercian territories, but when Cnut occupied Northumbria Uhtred submitted to him, only to be killed by Cnut.
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Edmund Ironside then mounted a last-ditch effort to revive the defence of England.
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Edmund Ironside fought inconclusive battles against the Danes and their English supporters at Penselwood in Somerset and Sherston in Wiltshire.
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Edmund Ironside then raised the siege of London, which had been successfully resisted by the citizens, and defeated the Danes near Brentford.
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Edmund Ironside received Wessex while Cnut took Mercia and probably Northumbria.
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Edmund Ironside was buried near his grandfather King Edgar the Peaceful at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset.
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Edmund Ironside was "probably a highly determined, skilled and indeed inspiring leader of men".
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The boys eventually ended up in Hungary where Edmund Ironside died but Edward prospered.