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Edmund I
History of England
0921
Birth
Birth
of
Edmund
I
0939
Coronation
16th Nov London
Crowned at
Kings
ton-on-Thames
0939
Succession
Wessex
Succeeds as King of
England
, succeeds his half-brother
Athelstan
0940
Declaration of War
Wessex
The Earl of Orm,
Overlord
of the Danelaw's "5 boroughs" declares for Olaf
0940
Peace
Wessex
Forced to accept a humiliating peace with the
Danes
Wessex
Forced to make peace with the
Danes
after Olaf's
Capture
of York
0942
Capture of Five Boroughs
Wessex
Recaptured after the death of Olaf
0944
Capture of Mercia
Mercia
Re-captures
Mercia
from the
Danes
0944
Capture of Northumberland
Northumberland
Cross
es the
Humber
& drives Olaf & the Norse out of
England
0944
Invasion of Cumbria
Cumbria
Edmund
I devastates
Cumbria
and blinds two sons of Domnall mac E¢gain, king of
Strathclyde
0945
Peace
Makes peace with
Malcolm
which lasts for 50 years
0945
Rule of Cumbria
Cumbria
Malcolm
is given
Cumbria
by the West Saxon King
Edmund
I
0945
Rule of Strathclyde
Strathclyde
Captures
Strathclyde
& secures the
Northern
border
Strathclyde
Submits
Strathclyde
to
Malcolm
in exchange for an alliance
0946
Assassination
26th May Wessex
Dies rescuing an officer attacked by a felon with a dagger at a banquest
0946
Death
26th May Wessex
Death
of
Edmund
I, assassinated
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