Hi. My name is Edmund,now called Saint Edmund, the mart-
yer. I was born in Surrey in 841. My mother was thought to have been
royalty and my father died at a young age in was. When I was fourteen, I
became the youngest King of the Anglo-Saxton Kingdom of East Anglia.
When I first met King Offa, he was taken by my devout faith,sincerity,
and virtues. He had no heirs and so he adopted me. Soon after, he died
and I became king.
The people of my kingdom thought I was sent from God
because of Christianity. They thought I had come to rescue His faithful
people and save them from poverty and despair
. I was marked from
the start to become king and destined for sainthood. Because I sailed
by boat to my new kingdom, the people thought I had come from a
mysterious land of myth. I was their hero and savior. My reign as
king saw a massive invasion of the Vikings, which I fought valiantly.
The end was near, but I was not afraid. I believed
God was
with me. My troops were......
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