Edmund
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People known only as Edmund
- Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946
- Edmund IronsideEdmund IronsideEdmund Ironside or Edmund II was king of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016. His cognomen "Ironside" is not recorded until 1057, but may have been contemporary. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was given to him "because of his valour" in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut...
(989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 - St. Edmund the MartyrEdmund the MartyrSt Edmund the Martyr was a king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.D'Evelyn, Charlotte, and Mill, Anna J., , 1956. Reprinted 1967...
(died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia - St. Edmund RichEdmund RichEdmund Rich was a 13th century Archbishop of Canterbury in England...
(1175–1240), also known as Edmund of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury - Edmund of ScotlandEdmund of ScotlandEdmund or Etmond mac Maíl Coluim was a son of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada and his second wife Margaret. He may be found on some lists of Scottish kings, but there is no evidence that he was king....
(after 1070 – after 1097) - Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne
- Edmund of Durham (died 1041), Bishop of Durham
- Eadmund of WinchesterEadmund of WinchesterEadmund was a medieval Bishop of Winchester. He was consecrated between 833 and 838. He died between 833 and 838.-References:* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961...
(died between 833 and 838), Bishop of Winchester - Edmund, 2nd Earl of CornwallEdmund, 2nd Earl of CornwallEdmund of Cornwall of Almain was the 2nd Earl of Cornwall of the 7th creation.-Early life:Edmund was born at Berkhamsted Castle on 26 December 1249, the second and only surviving son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and his wife Sanchia of Provence, daughter of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Provence,...
(1249–1300), English earl
Fictional characters
- Edmund (King Lear)Edmund (King Lear)Edmund or Edmond is a fictional character and the main antagonist in William Shakespeare's King Lear. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger brother of Edgar, the Earl's legitimate son. Early on in the play, Edmund resolves to get rid of his brother, then his...
, an antagonist in Shakespeare's play
Other
- Edmund (given name)Edmund (given name)Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity", "riches"; and mund, meaning "protector".-List of people with the given name:...
, includes a list of people - Edmund, WisconsinEdmund, WisconsinEdmund is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Linden in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. Edmund is located on U.S. Route 18 west of Dodgeville. Edmund had a post office, which closed on November 2, 2002. As of the 2010 census, its population was 173....
, an unincorporated community - Edmund Scientific CorporationEdmund Scientific CorporationEdmund Scientific Corporation was a company based in Barrington, New Jersey that specialized in supplying surplus optics and other items via its mail order catalog and Factory Store. During four decades from the 1940s to the 1970s Edmund Scientific was virtually unique in its offerings to...
, an American company, cargo ship that sank on Lake Superior in the 1970s