Editing Edmund Ironside (section)

== Descendants ==
Edmund had two children by [[Ealdgyth (wife of Edmund Ironside)|Ealdgyth]]: [[Edward the Exile]] and [[Edmund Ætheling]]. According to [[John of Worcester]], Cnut sent them to [[Sweden]] where he probably hoped they would be murdered and forgotten, but King [[Olof Skötkonung|Olof]] of Sweden instead forwarded them on to [[Principality of Kiev|Kiev]], where his daughter [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden|Ingegerd]] was the grand princess. The boys eventually ended up in [[Hungary]] where Edmund died but Edward prospered. Edward returned from exile to England in 1057 only to die within a few days of his arrival.{{sfn|Lawson|2004}} His son [[Edgar Ætheling]] was briefly proclaimed king after the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066, but later submitted to [[William the Conqueror]]. Edgar lived a long and eventful life: fighting in rebellion against William the Conqueror from 1067 to 1075; fighting alongside the Conqueror's son [[Robert Curthose]] in campaigns in [[Sicily]] (1085–1087); and accompanying Robert on the [[First Crusade]] (1099–1103). He was still alive in 1125.

In 1070, Edward the Exile's daughter, [[Saint Margaret of Scotland|Margaret]], became queen of [[Scotland]]. Through her and her descendants, Edmund is the ancestor of subsequent [[List of British monarchs|British monarchs]].<ref>[[William Blackstone]] (1765) ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]'' [https://lonang.com/library/reference/blackstone-commentaries-law-england/bla-103/ Book 1, Chapter 3: "Of the King, and His Title"]</ref>