Edmund II

American

Or Eadmund II

noun

Ironside, a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.

Edmund II British

noun

called Edmund Ironside. ?980–1016, king of England in 1016. His succession was contested by Canute and they divided the kingdom between them

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Edmund II

Edmund II, surnamed Ironside, King of England, the eldest son of Ethelred II, was born in 989.

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