Editing Æthelred the Unready (section)

== Death and burial ==
Over the next few months Cnut conquered most of England, while Edmund rejoined Æthelred to defend London when Æthelred died on 23 April 1016. The subsequent war between Edmund and Cnut ended in a decisive victory for Cnut at the [[Battle of Assandun]] on 18 October 1016. Edmund's reputation as a warrior was such that Cnut nevertheless agreed to divide England, Edmund taking [[Wessex]] and Cnut the whole of the country beyond the [[River Thames|Thames]]. However, Edmund died on 30 November, and Cnut became king of the whole country.{{sfn|Stenton|2001|pp=386–393}}

Æthelred was buried in [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]], London. The tomb and his monument in the [[Choir (architecture)|quire]] at [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]]{{sfn|Sinclair|1909|p=93}} were destroyed along with the cathedral in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666.{{sfn|Keynes|2012|p=129}} A modern monument in the crypt lists his among the important graves lost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remarkable monuments from Pre-Fire St Paul's – St Paul's Cathedral |url=https://www.stpauls.co.uk/history-collections/the-collections/object-collection/the-pre-fire-monuments |website=www.stpauls.co.uk |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>