Edmund I (oct 28, 939 – may 26, 946)

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second son of Edward the Elder. After his older brother Æthelstan's death, the men of York immediately chose the Viking king of Dublin, Olaf Guthfrithson, as their king, and Anglo-Saxon control of the north, seemingly made safe by the victory of Brunanburh, collapsed. Edmund and Eadred's reigns were largely devoted to regaining control. Olaf seized the East Midlands but died in 941, and Edmund took back control of Mercia and York by 944. Following Edmund's death York again switched back to Viking control, and it was only when the Northumbrians finally drove out their Norwegian Viking king Eric Bloodaxe in 954 and submitted to Eadred that Anglo-Saxon control of the whole of England was finally restored. He also helped restore his nephew Louis to the Frankish throne. Edmund was assassinated after six-and-a-half years as king, while attending Mass. He was initially succeeded by his brother Eadred, but his two sons – Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceful – both later came to the throne.

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