Edward The Martyr
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Wessex |
Assassinated | Corfe Castle, United Kingdom |
Successor | Æthelred the Unready |
Parents | Edgar the Peaceful |
Æthelflæd | |
Edgar of England | |
Siblings | Æthelred the Unready |
Place of burial | Brookwood Cemetery, United Kingdom |
Grandparents | Edmund I of England |
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury | |
Ordmær, Ealdorman | |
Ealda (?) | |
Great grandparent | Edward the Elder |
Eadgifu of Kent | |
Wynflaed | |
Uncles | Eadwig |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1509187 |
Edward The Martyr Life story
Edward, often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar, but was not his father's acknowledged heir.