Eadred
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Wessex |
Died | Frome |
United Kingdom | |
November 23 | |
955 AD | |
Frome | |
United Kingdom | |
House | House of Wessex |
Successor | Eadwig |
Place of burial | Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, United Kingdom |
Old Minster, Winchester | |
Siblings | Æthelstan |
Edmund I | |
Edmund I of England | |
Parents | Edward the Elder |
Eadgifu of Kent | |
Grandparents | Alfred the Great |
Ealhswith | |
Sigehelm | |
Nephew | Eadwig |
Cousins | Ælfwynn |
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders | |
Adelolf, Count of Boulogne | |
Full name | Eadred |
Great grandparent | Æthelwulf |
Osburh | |
Æthelred Mucel | |
Sigeræd, Prince of Kent | |
Date of birth | January 1,5579 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1507899 |
Eadred Life story
Eadred was King of the English from 26 May 946 until his death. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife Eadgifu, and a grandson of Alfred the Great. His elder brother, Edmund, was killed trying to protect his seneschal from an attack by a violent thief.