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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Edmund Ironside <br/> Edmund II
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|death_date=November 30, 1016
|death_place=Oxford
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|office=King of England
|term_start=April
|term_end=November 30, 1016
|preceded=[[Ethelred the Unready]]
|succeeded=[[Canute]]
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'''Edmund''' II (d. 1016), known as “'''Ironside'''” for his stout defence of the realm, [[king]] of [[England]] (1016), was in his early twenties when accepted as successor to his father [[Ethelred the Unready]] in April 1016 and set about continuing the kingdom’s defence against the [[Danish]] king, [[Canute]], who had invaded England in the last year of his father’s reign.
'''Edmund''' II (d. 1016), known as “'''Ironside'''” for his stout defence of the realm, [[king]] of [[England]] (1016), was in his early twenties when accepted as successor to his father [[Ethelred the Unready]] in April 1016 and set about continuing the kingdom’s defence against the [[Danish]] king, [[Canute]], who had invaded England in the last year of his father’s reign.