Ruler · 841 – 869

Edmund the Martyr

Lived 841 – 869. King of East Anglia of Kingdom of East Anglia, 855 – 869.

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Lived: 841 – 869; 28 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of East Anglia
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

King of East Anglia

Kingdom of East Anglia · the 10th of 11 dated reigns · 600 – 890

6 before

Alberht of East Anglia749 – 760

Beonna of East Anglia749 – 760

Æthelred I760 – 770

Edmund the Martyr855 – 869

Guthrum880 – 890

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 855 – 869 · 14 years · came to it aged 14

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

Edmund was buried in a wooden chapel near to where he was killed.

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