King Edmund Ironside Was Stabbed to Death on the Toilet
If you have never heard of England’s King Edmund Ironside, it may be because he only reigned for a very short amount of time- from April 23 to November 30, 1016. No one expected him to be King. But when his father and two older brothers died, Edmund inherited the throne at a time when England was at war with Denmark.
During his reign, he fought several battles in the war, and thus gained a lot of enemies. On November 30, 1016, Edmund was in London, and he had to use the toilet, or “privy” as it was called back then. He was stabbed with a sword while defecating, and killed from his wounds.
