Monthly Archive: September 2025

Edmund Ironside: The Saxon King for Less Than a Year

Edmund Ironside: birth 993/crowned King of England on April 23, 1016/death November 30, 1016Spouse(s): Ealdgyth (m. 1015–1016)House: Wessex /Father Æthelred the Unready/Mother Ælfgifu of YorkChildren: Edward the Exile, Edmund Ætheling In the tapestry of English...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Cnut the Great: Ruler of The North Sea Empire

Cnut the Great: birth c.990/crowned King of Denmark 1018; King of England 1016 to 1035; King of Norway 1028-1035/death 1035Spouse(s): Ælfgifu of Northampton and Emma of Normandy (m. 1017)House: Knýtlinga/Father, Sweyn Forkbeard /Mother, Gunhild of...

Kings & Queens of England: 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started is the first in a series of eight videos providing an overview of the lives and the interesting and scandalous stories of the Kings and Queens of England. This video covers the early Anglo Saxon kings and the conquering Viking kings of Denmark up to the Norman conquest of 1066. Kings included are Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Æthelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready, Sweyn Forkbeard, Edmund Ironside, Cnut, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor.

Monthly Archive: September 2025

Edmund Ironside: The Saxon King for Less Than a Year

Cnut the Great: Ruler of The North Sea Empire

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