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| Edmund I, the Magnificent
(921 - 946)
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| 921 |
Born to Edward the Elder and his third wife, Eadgifu |
| 937 |
Fights beside his half-brother, King Athelstan, at the Battle of Brunnanburgh |
| 939 |
Athelstan dies on 27 October 27, Edmund succeeds him as King |
| 940 |
Edmund is forced to cede land approximating to the modern counties of Lincolnshire, Derby, Nottinghamshire, and Leicester to Olaf Guthfrithson |
| 941 |
Son Edwin of England born (date approx.) |
| 942 |
Edmund reconquers the Midlands; son Eadgar I born (date approx.) |
| 943 |
Becomes the god-father of King Olaf of York |
| 944 |
Reconquers Northumbria; first wife AElfgifu dies, he later marries AEthelflaed |
| 945 |
Signed a treaty of mutual military support with King Malcolm I of Scotland |
| 946 |
Marries Ethelfleda, the daughter of Alfgar, Ealdorman of Wiltshire; murdered 26 May by Leofa, an exiled thief |
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