Much like those who came before and those who would follow, Edmund I’s (939-46) reign was largely dominated by the Viking threat. Though his early years were tense and characterised by Viking resurgence, he recovered the land won by his father and half-brother and ultimately succeeded in keeping the Viking threat at bay and thus continued the dream of his forebears, the dream of a united, peaceful England.

Characters

Edmund I - King of England (939-46)

Eadgifu - third wife of Edward, mother of Edmund and Eadred

Aelfgith - first wife of Edmund, mother of Eadwig and Edgar

Aethelflaed of Damerham - second of wife of Edmund

Edward the Elder - King of the Anglo-Saxons (899-924), father of Edmund

Aethelstan - King of the Anglo-Saxons (924-37), King of England (927-939), half-brother of Edmund

Eadred - brother of Edmund

Eadburh - sister of Edmund

Eadwig - son of Edmund

Edgar - son of Edmund

Alfred - King of the West-Saxons (871-886), King of the Anglo-Saxons (886-899), grandfather of Edmund

Aelfweard - half-brother of Edmund and Aethelstan and claimant

Edwin - half-brother of Edmund and Aethelstan and claimant

Dunstan - Abbot of Glastonbury

Aethelstan Half-king - Alderman of East-Anglia

Charles the Simple - King of West Francia (898-922), father of Louis

Louis IV - King of West Francia (936-54), nephew of Edmund

Alain - Duke of Brittany

Wulstan - Archbishop of York

Oda - Archbishop of Canterbury

Olaf Guthfrithson - King of Dublin (934-39), King of Northumbria (939-41)

Olaf Sihtricson - King of Dublin (945-47), King of Northumbria (941-44)

Hywel Dda - King of Deheubarth

Idwal foel - King of Gwynedd

Constantine II - King of Alba (900-43)

Malcolm I - King of Alba (943-54)

Owain - King of Strathclyde

Dyfnwal/Dunmail - King of Strathclyde/Cumbria, son of Owain

Hugh the Great - Duke of the Franks

Otto I - King of East Francia

Leofa - outlaw and killer of Edmund

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