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Mfalme Edmund (841/842 - Thetford, Uingereza, 20 Novemba 869/870) alikuwa mfalme wa Waangli wa Mashariki (leo Norfolk na Suffolk) katika kipindi kigumu cha karne ya 9, nchi iliposumbuliwa sana na Waviking.
Anaheshimiwa tangu kale kama mtakatifu mfiadini, msimamizi wa Uingereza.
Edmund alipambana na Wadani waliozoea kushambulia Britania, halafu kudai pesa nyingi ili kujiondokea salama.
Kumbe mwaka 869 Edmund alikataa kulipa, lakini alishindwa vitani na kutekwa.
Edmund aliahidiwa ataachiwa uhai na ufalme akikanusha imani yake na kukubali himaya ya Wadani. Hata hivyo alikataa mara mbili mpaka akachomwa kwa mishale[2].
Amezikwa Beadoricesworth, leo Bury St. Edmund, kilometa 50 kutoka Cambridge.
Kifo chake kikawa pia mwisho wa ufalme wa Anglia Mashariki, lakini ushujaa wake haujasahaulika, akawa kielelezo cha wengi huko Uingereza. Kabla karne hiyo haijaisha, sarafu iliyotolewa enzi ya uhai wake ilikuwa inaitwa “penny ya Mt. Edmund”.
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