Edmund Ætheling
Edmund Ætheling (born 1016 or 1017, died before 1057) was a son of Edmund Ironside and his wife, probably called Ealdgyth. Edmund Ironside briefly ruled as king of England following the death of his father Æthelred the Unready in April 1016. Æthelred had spent most of his reign unsuccessfully resisting incursions by Danish Vikings, and as king Edmund Ironside put up a strong fight until his death in November 1016, when the Viking leader Cnut became the undisputed king of all England.
| Edmund Ætheling | |
|---|---|
Edmund in the late 13th century Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings | |
| Born | 1016 or 1017 England |
| Died | Before 1057 Hungary |
| House | Wessex |
| Father | Edmund Ironside |
| Mother | Ealdgyth |
The following year, Cnut sent Edmund Ironside's two infant sons, Edmund Ætheling and Edward the Exile, to the Continent, probably to the King of Sweden, to be murdered. Instead, the princes were spared and sent to Hungary, possibly after a sojourn at the court of Yaroslav I, prince of Kiev. Edmund may have married a daughter of the Hungarian king, and he died in Hungary on 10 January in an unknown year before 1057.