How long was Edmund Ironside King for?

There was a powerful nobleman in England at the time named Eadric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia. He was a ruthless turncoat whose double dealing allowed him to remain a leader for ten years under successive kings; Aethelred, Edmund, Sweyn and Sweyn’s successor, Cnut.

Who was the king of England in 1015?

Edmund Ironside
Edmund II, byname Edmund Ironside, (born c. 993—died Nov. 30, 1016), king of the English from April 23 to Nov.

Who was King in 1016?

Son of Sweyn, Canute (or Cnut) became undisputed King of England in 1016, and his rivals (Ethelred’s surviving sons and Edmund’s son) fled abroad.

Who was King of England in 998?

In 1013, King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, as a result of which Æthelred fled to Normandy in 1013 and was replaced by Sweyn. However, he returned as king for two years after Sweyn’s death in 1014….Æthelred the Unready.

Æthelred
Issue Detail	show See list
House	Wessex
Father	Edgar, King of England
Mother	Ælfthryth

Who was king after Edmund?

Eadred
Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death….

Edmund I
Successor	Eadred
Born	920/921
Died	26 May 946 Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire
Burial	Glastonbury Abbey

Who was King in 1010?

Cnut the Great
Successor	Magnus the Good
Co-King	Svein Knutsson
Born	c. 990
Died	12 November 1035 (aged around 45) Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

Who defeated Athelstan?

However, their memories were short and with the Danish King Olaf they rose against Athelstan. At the battle of Brunanburh Athelstan defeated them decisively. He could now claim to be King of All England. He was determined to forge links with Europe which he did by marrying his four half-sisters to European royalty.

Who ruled England in 940?

Edmund
In charters Edmund sometimes even called himself by the lesser title of ‘king of the Anglo-Saxons’ in 940 and 942, and only claimed to be king of all Britain once he had gained full control over Northumbria in 945.