On This Day In History . 26 May 946 . King Edmund I was murdered . . 👑 Edmund I, known as 'the Elder' or the Magnificent, was born circa 921, the son of King Edward the Elder & his third wife Edgiva. As a sixteen year old, he had fought with distinction beside his elder half-brother, King Athelstan, at the Battle of Brunanburh against a combined force of Scots and Vikings. Edmund was around eighteen when he succeeded Athelstan on England's throne in 940. . ◼ Edmund's promising reign was cut violently short after only six years. On the Feast of St. Augustine, 26th May, 946, a great festival among the Anglo-Saxon peoples. During the course of revelries to celebrate the event at Pucklechurch, in Gloucester, Edmund, being none the better for the large amount of wine he had consumed, became angered at the presence of one Liofa, an outlaw whom he had expelled from the kingdom a few years previously. . ▪ Angered beyond endurance at what he saw as an outrage against his authority, the King flung Liofa to the ground in fury & in the ensuing struggle the Edmund was fatally stabbed by the outlaw. . ▪ Edmund the Elder was twenty-five years old when he was killed and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset. . HISTORICAL TIMELINE; 940 - 946 . . 940 - Edmund becomes King. Scandinavian forces from Northumbria overrun the East Midlands. . . 942 - Edmund re-establishes control over Northumbria & rules a united England. . . 943 - Edmund extends his rule into southern Scotland, . . 945 - Edmund conquers Strathclyde, but Cumbria is annexed by the Scots. . . 946 - Edmund was killed at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear946 #d26may #History #HistoryofEngland #England #AngloSaxon #KingEdmund #EdmundI #KingEdmundI #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #Glastonbury #HouseofWessex #Wessex #Kingdom #English #Anglo #Saxon #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts Heritage #historians #OnThisDay #RoyalFamily #BritishMonarchy (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7YxtpgHfV/?igshid=9aozk5jumgxm