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Edmund II

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Edmund II (c.980–1016) ( Edmund Ironside) King of the English (1016), son of Ethelred II (the Unready). In 1015 he became ruler of the Danelaw. Edmund resisted the Danish King Canute II, who defeated him at the Battle of Ashingdon (1016). Forced to divide the kingdom, retaining only Wessex, Edmund died shortly after, leaving Canute as sole ruler.

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