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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...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Emma of Normandy: Twice the Wife of a Reigning King, Twice a Queen Mother

Emma of Normandy: birth late 980s/death March 6, 1052Spouses: Cnut (m. 1017 until his death in 1035) and Æthelred the Unready (m. 1002-1016)House: Father: Richard I (the Fearless) of Normandy/Mother: Danish-descended Gunnor Children: Edward the...