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Edmund Ironside

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Edmund Ironside, d. 1016, king of the English (1016), son of Æthelred the Unready. Contrary to the wishes of his father, he married (1015) the widow of Siferth, a Danish thane, and was accepted as ruler of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw Danelaw , originally the body of law that prevailed in the part of England occupied by the Danes after the treaty of King Alfred with Guthrum in 886. It soon came to mean also the area in which Danish law obtained; according to the treaty, the boundary between
..... Click the link for more information. . When Canute Canute , 995?–1035, king of England, Norway, and Denmark. The younger son of Sweyn of Denmark, Canute accompanied his father on the expedition of 1013 that invaded England and forced Æthelred to flee to Normandy.
..... Click the link for more information.  invaded England in 1015, Emund led the fighting against him. However, the people apparently felt that he was a rebel against his father, for he found it hard to gain a following without his father's aid. At Æthelred's death (Apr., 1016) Edmund was proclaimed king in London, but most of the nobles gave their support to Canute. Edmund continued the struggle with great courage (which earned him the appellation Ironside) and considerable success until he was defeated in the disastrous battle of Assandun (Oct. 18, 1016). He and Canute agreed to partition the country, but Edmund died the following month.
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And it was British forces in Iran under General Edmund Ironside (later commander of British land forces during the Second World War) that helped put Reza Shah (father of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah overthrown in the Islamic revolution of 1979) on the Peacock throne.
Let's not have an Iran inquiry in the UK by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
In fact, on the basis of primogeniture, the royal succession in England should have passed on the death of King Edmund Ironside in 1016 to his sons Edmund (who died without issue) and Edward, and on Edward's death in 1057 to his son, Edgar the Aetheling and after Edgar's death (without issue) in 1125 to his nephew, David 1, King of Scots.
Wednesday forum by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
and given the possible answers a) Edward the Elder b) Edward the Confessor c) Edmund Ironside or d) Edward the Martyr.
THE pounds 250k QUESTION; Garage owner David drives off with cash by Methven, Nicola / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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