{"slug": "edmund-i", "label": "Edmund I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190166", "qid": "Q190166", "description": "King of England (r. 939–946)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [921, 946], "span_label": ["921 CE", "946 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-northumbria", "label": "Kingdom of Northumbria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cumberland", "label": "Cumberland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-strathclyde", "label": "Kingdom of Strathclyde", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "augustine-of-canterbury", "label": "Augustine of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eadred", "label": "Eadred", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mass-liturgy", "label": "Mass (liturgy)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-dublin", "label": "Kingdom of Dublin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gloucester", "label": "Gloucester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavian-york", "label": "Scandinavian York", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 921, "year_label": "921 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Edmund I (the Magnificent), king of England (d. 946)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509617#Births", "title": "921", "revid": 1341509617, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 939, "year_label": "939 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – King Æthelstan dies at Gloucester after a 15-year reign. He is buried at Malmesbury Abbey and succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I (\"the Magnificent\"). After Æthelstan's death Olaf Guthfrithson (or his cousin, Anlaf Cuaran) a Viking leader who rules Dublin, is proclaimed king of York (south of Northumbria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656722#England", "title": "939", "revid": 1366656722, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 942, "year_label": "942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Edmund I moves with his army north to reconquer the Five Boroughs (the five main towns of Danish Mercia) in modern-day East Midlands from the Norse-Irish king Olaf Sigtryggsson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918673#England", "title": "942", "revid": 1364918673, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 943, "year_label": "943 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Edmund I ravages Strathclyde and defeats the Scottish king Constantine II, who has reigned as king of Alba since 900. Constantine, ruler of the 'Picts and Scots', abdicates to enter a monastery and yields control of his realm to his cousin Malcolm I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916983#England", "title": "943", "revid": 1364916983, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 944, "year_label": "944 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Edmund I regains (with the help of Danish settlers) the territory he ceded to Olaf Guthfrithson. He conquers Northumbria and cedes Cumberland to Malcolm I, king of the 'Picts and Scots'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512279#England", "title": "944", "revid": 1341512279, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 945, "year_label": "945 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Edmund I conquers Strathclyde, forms an alliance with Malcolm I (king of the 'Picts and Scots') and cedes Cumberland and Westmorland to him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365595392#England", "title": "945", "revid": 1365595392, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 946, "year_label": "946 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – King Edmund I is murdered at age 25 by an outlawed robber while attending St. Augustine's Day mass in Pucklechurch (Gloucestershire). He is succeeded by his brother Eadred (or Edred) as king of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512553#England", "title": "946", "revid": 1341512553, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 946, "year_label": "946 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Edmund I, king of England (b. 921)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512553#Deaths", "title": "946", "revid": 1341512553, "section": "Deaths"}}]}