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Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870

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Personal name headingEdmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
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Variant(s)Edmund, Saint, King of East Anglia, 841-870
LocatedEast Anglia (England)
Birth date0841
Death date0870
Profession or occupationKings and rulers
Found inOxford dictionary of national biography, 31 July 2015 (Edmund [St Edmund], d. 869; king of the East Angles; venerated as a saint soon after his death; probably reigned for several years, but the onoly known fact about him comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which says he died in battle against the Danes in 869)