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Eadwig (also Edwy or
Eadwig All-Fair, c. 940 – 1
October 959) was King of
England from 23
November 955
until his
death in 959. He was the
elder son of...
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Eadwig Ætheling (sometimes also
known as
Eadwy or Edwy) (died 1017) was the
fifth of the six sons of King Æthelred the
Unready and his
first wife, Ælfgifu...
- Ælfgifu was
Queen of the
English as wife of King
Eadwig of
England (r. 955–959) for a
brief period of time
until 957 or 958. What
little is
known of her...
- Æthelwold and
Eadwig were on good terms.
Eadwig became king on Eadred's
death on 23
November 955.
Historians have
often been
critical of
Eadwig, portraying...
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protect his
seneschal from an
attack by a
violent thief. Edmund's two sons,
Eadwig and Edgar, were then
young children, so
Eadred became king. He suffered...
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Eadwig Basan (Latin:
Eaduuius Basan) was an eleventh-century monk and
scribe of
Christ Church Canterbury, who
worked on
several m****cripts, including...
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England Ælfgifu of York,
first wife of Æthelred the
Unready Ælfgifu, wife of
Eadwig, king of
England as Elgiva, the
female protagonist of Edwy and Elgiva, a...
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Eadwulf of
Elmham in 956. Oda
crowned King
Eadwig in 956, but in late 957 the
archbishop joined Eadwig's rival and
brother Edgar who had been proclaimed...
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October 959, King
Eadwig died and his
brother Edgar was
readily accepted as
ruler of the
Kingdom of England. One of the last acts of
Eadwig had been to appoint...
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revolted and
drove out
Eadwig,
choosing his
brother Edgar as king of the
country north of the Thames. The
south remained faithful to
Eadwig. At once Edgar's...
