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Elgiva (b. Abt. 922, d. 944)
Elgiva4971 was born Abt. 922 in Wessex, England4971, and died 9444971. She married Edmund I - The Magnificent of England, son of Edward "The Elder" of England and Edgiva (Eadgifu) Meapham.
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Record Change: January 30, 20064971
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# ID: I13011
# Name: *Edmund I(the Magnificent) England
# Title: King
# Sex: M
# Birth: ABT 0922 in Wessex,Eng
# Death: 26 MAY 0946 in Pucklechurch,Dorset,Eng(Murdered by Leolf,an ou tlaw)
# Burial: Glastonbury Abbey,Somerset,Eng
# Note: Stabbed to death by a robber, while attempting to defend his st eward from the attack.
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# Note: Edmund I, byname EDMUND, THE DEED-DOER, Latin EDMUNDUS MAGNIFIC US (b. 921 - d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, England), king of the English ( 939-946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupi ed by the Vikings.
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He was the son of the West Saxon king Edward the Elder (reigned 899 -924) and the half brother of King Athelstan (reigned 924-939), under w hom the political unification of England had been accomplished. On Athe lstan's death (939), Olaf
Guthfrithson, the Norse king of Dublin, occupied Northumbria and ra ided the Midlands.
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Edmund recovered the Midlands after Olaf died in 942, and in 944 he r egained Northumbria, driving out the Norse kings Olaf Sihtricson and Ra egnald. He capture Strathclyde in 945 and entrusted it to Malcolm I, ki ng of Scots, in return for a
promise of military support. Thus, Edmund inaugurated a policy of e stablishing a secure frontier and peaceful relations with Scotland. In a ddition, his reign marks the beginning of the 10th-century monastic rev ival in England. The king was
killed in his palace by an exiled robber and was succeeded by his b rother, Eadred (reigned 946-955); Edmund's sons eventually acceded to p ower as kings Eadwig (reigned 957-959) and Edgar (reigned 959-975). [En cyclopaedia Britannica]
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# Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, ad ditions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
# Note: Page: 161-3
# Note: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
# Note: Page: Edmund I, The Deed-doer
# Change Date: 28 DEC 2002
Father: *Edward I (The Elder) England b: 0869 in Wessex,Eng
Mother: *Edgiva (Eadgifu) Meapham b: 0896 in Kent,Eng
Marriage 1 *Elgiva b: ABT 0922 in Wessex,Eng
Children
1. Has Children *Edgar (the Peacable) England b: ABT 0943 in Wessex, Eng
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30jan2006
Children of Elgiva and Edmund I - The Magnificent of England are:
- +Edgar "The Peacful King" of England, d. date unknown.

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