# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edmund-ironside
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:26:56.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edmund-ironside"
name: "Edmund Ironside"
slug: "edmund-ironside"
description: "He held the throne for seven months and spent every one of them fighting the Danish invasion that would end his line. Edmund Ironside died before the year turned, forcing England into partition and clearing the path for Cnut's consolidation."
tagline: "King of the English, Wessex dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmund_Iron.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "988"
deathDate: "1016-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.29
  momentum:             15
  historical:           23.264104
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
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    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dəmirböyürlü Edmund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmund II Ironside"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmund II."
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    title: "Edmund Jernside"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_II._(England)"
    title: "Edmund II. (England)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Έντμουντ ο Σιδηρόπλευρος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmundo Ironside"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_II_de_Inglaterra"
    title: "Edmundo II de Inglaterra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmund II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmundo II.a Ingalaterrakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادموند دوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Rautakylki"
    title: "Edmund Rautakylki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_C%C3%B4te-de-Fer"
    title: "Edmond Côte-de-Fer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אדמונד השני, מלך אנגליה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edmund Ironside"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadmund_%C4%AAsens%C4%ABde"
    title: "Eadmund Īsensīde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 991 to Æthelred the Unready, Edmund emerged from obscurity in the late 1000s, close to his brother Æthelstan, who left him the sword of Offa and estates in the Danelaw when he died in 1014. When King Æthelred permitted the execution of Edmund's allies Sigeferth and Morcar, Edmund revolted — illegally marrying Sigeferth's widow, occupying the Five Boroughs, and issuing charters on which he called himself king. Cnut's invasion in summer 1015 ended the revolt, and attempts to raise armies with his father and Eadric Streona collapsed in mutual mistrust. Æthelred died on 23 April 1016; Edmund claimed the throne and fought Cnut in four battles at Penselwood, Sherston, Brentford, and possibly Otford, gaining ground until the Battle of Assandun, where Eadric Streona's flight caused a decisive defeat. Forced to partition the kingdom at Alney, Edmund kept Wessex while Cnut took everything else. He died on 30 November after 222 days, and Cnut swept up the rest.