See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND I  ., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English (d . 946), was the son of Eadgifu, third wife of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder, and See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother to his predecessor;Ethelstan . He succeeded to the See also:

• THRONE

throne in 940, but had already played an active See also:

• PART

part in the previous reign, especially when he fought by the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his half-brother in the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Brunanburh . In the first See also:

• YEAR

year of his reign See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund had trouble with See also:

• OLAF
• OLAF (II.)
• OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)

Olaf or Anlaf Sihtricsson, called Cuaran . The latter had just crossed from See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland and had been chosen king by the Northumbrians, who threw off their See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to Edmund . Anlaf took See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, besieged See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton and destroyed See also:

• TAMWORTH

Tamworth, but was met by Edmund at See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester . The enemy escaped, but a peaceful See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made by the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of See also:

• ODO

Odo of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury and See also:

• WULFSTAN
• WULFSTAN, ST (c. 1o12—1095)

Wulfstan of York . See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

Simeon of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham states that a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was now made, whereby Edmund took See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Watling See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street and Anlaf the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . This division seems incredible, especially in See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the poem inserted in the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle (sub See also:

• ANNO, or HANNO, SAINT (c. Toro—ro75)

anno 942) . There can be little doubt that the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story told there of the reconquest of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia by Edmund refers to the compact with Anlaf, made as a result of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and it is probable that Simeon's statement is a wide exaggeration, due in part at least to a confused See also:

• REMINISCENCE (from Lat. reminisci, to remember)

reminiscence of the earlier pact between See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred and See also:

• GUTHRUM (GoDRUM) (d. 89o)

Guthrum . All Mercia south of a See also:

• LINE

line from See also:

• DORE, LOUIS AUGUSTE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)

Dore (near See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield), through Whitwell to the See also:

• HUMBER

Humber, was now in Edmund's hands, and the five Danish boroughs, which had for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time been exposed to raids from the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria, were now freed from that fear . The See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace was confirmed by the See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism of Kings Anlaf and Rwgenald, Edmund See also:

• STANDING

standing as See also:

• SPONSOR (from Lat. spondere, to promise)

sponsor, but in 944 or 945 the peace was broken and Edmund expelled Anlaf and Rwgenald from Northumbria .

In 945 Edmund ravaged See also:

• STRATHCLYDE

Strathclyde, and entrusted it all to See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm, king of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, " on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that he should be his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-worker by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and See also:

• LAND

land," the See also:

• OBJECT

object of this policy being apparently to detach the king of Scots from any possible confederacy such as had been formed in 937 . On the 26th of May 946 Edmund's brief but energetic reign came to a tragic conclusion when he was stabbed at the royal See also:

• VILLA

villa of Pucklechurch, in See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, by an exiled robbernamed Liofa, who had returned to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court unbidden . Edmund, the " See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed-doer " as the chronicle calls him, " Edmundus magnificus " as See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence of See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester describes him, perhaps translating the Saxon epithet, was buried at See also:

• GLASTONBURY

Glastonbury, an See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey which he had entrusted in 943 to the famous See also:

• DUNSTAN, SAINT (924 or 925-g88)

Dunstan . Edmund was twice married; first to ;Elfgifu, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of Eadwig and See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar; 'second to ;Ethelflxd " aet Damerhame " (i.e. of Damerham, Co . Wilts) . ;Elfgifu died in 944, according to Ethelwerd .