Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?
Edmund Ironside Edmund Ironside Edmund Ironside (c.990 – 30 November 1016; , ; sometimes also known as Edmund II) was King of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016. He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York. Edmund's reign was marred by a war he had inherited from his father; his cognomen "Ironside" was given to him "because of his valour" in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut the Great. Edmund was not expected to be King of England; however, by 1014 two elder brothers had died, making him the oldest male
Edmund Ironside (play) mentions of the Roman setting, may indicate that "Titus" is something of a rewriting of "Edmund Ironside". His appendix notes correlations of images and ideas that are found only in Shakespeare's plays and not from any known playwright of the era, such as serpents stinging via their tongues and reporting of Judas Iscariot saying "all hail," which is non-Biblical, but also found in such plays as "Henry VI, Part 3". "Edmund Ironside" tells the story of a battle between two men who both want to be king of England: Edmund Ironside, who is a native, and noble, and Canutus, who