Edmund Biography

Birth of Edmund Edmund

Succeeds as King of East Anglia, the last independent King of the East Angles

Coronation of Edmund

The Danes settle in East Anglia

Ivar the Boneless returns and demands tribute from King Edmund of East Anglia

The Danes make their Winter base at Thetford

Edmund was killed during the Danish conquest of East Anglia and later venerated as a royal martyr.

Martyred for refusing to renounce Christianity when tortured by the Danes. Defeated & captured by the Danes

King Edmund refuses to pay tribute, Ivar the Boneless defeats and captures him at Hoxne and brutally sacrifices his heart to Odin in a so-called "blood eagle ritual"

Created St Edmund

Buried at Bedricsworth, later known as Bury St Edmunds

Birth of Edmund of Lancaster, youngest son of Henry III

Pope Alexander III confers the title of King of Sicily on the future Earl of Lancaster

Renounces title as King of Sicily because Henry III cannot provide funds & manpower

Renounces title as King of Sicily because Henry III cannot provide funds & manpower

Given Simon de Montforts earldom after his defeat at the Battle of Evesham

Created Earl of Leicester, rewarded with Simon de Montforts forfeited earldom

Supports the claims of Margaret of Provence against the Angevins

Created Earl of Derby after the latters defeat at Chesterfield

Created Earl of Lancaster by his brother Edward I

Marries Aveline de Forz

Arrests Llewellyn ap Gruffydd & beheads him

Arrests Llewellyn ap Gruffydd & beheads him

Lancaster leads an expedition into Gascony

Death of Edmund, while besieging Bordeaux

Lancaster lands an invasion force at Bourg & Blaye

Lands an invasion force at Bourg & Blaye

Lands an invasion force at Bourg & Blaye

Makes a failed attempt to capture Bordeaux