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Edward (Eadweard) …, 962–978 (aged 16 years)

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Edward (Eadweard) …

Name: Edward (Eadweard) //
Name prefix: King of the English (975-978), Saint
Given names: Edward (Eadweard)
Nickname: The Martyr

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
mother	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Edward (Eadweard) … Æthelflæd … …–… Death:
himself	Links Birth: about 962 19 Death: 18 March 978 — Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Burial: after 18 March 978 — Wareham, Dorset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Edward (Eadweard) … 962–978 Birth: about 962 19 Death: 18 March 978 — Corfe Castle, Dorset, England

Father’s family with Wulfryth …
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
father’s partner	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Wulfryth … …–… Death:
half-sister	Links Death: 984 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton …–984 Death: 984

Father’s family with Ælfthryth (Elfrida) …
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
father’s partner	Links Death: 1000 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … …–1000 Death: 1000
half-brother	Links Death: 970 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadmund … …–970 Death: 970
half-brother	Links Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England Burial: after 23 April 1016 — City of London, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Æthelstan Ætheling … Ecgbert … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … Eadred … Eadwig (Edwy) … Eadgar … Wulfhild … Eadgyth … Ælfgifu … Daughter … Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Æthelred II … 966–1016 Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 962 19
Birth of a half-brother	Æthelred II … between 966 and 968 Wessex, England
Death of a half-brother	Eadmund … 970
Death of a father	Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 8 July 975 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Burial of a father	Edgar I (Ēadgār) … after 8 July 975 Glastonbury, Somerset, England Address: Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
Death of a mother	Æthelflæd …
Death	18 March 978 (aged 16 years) Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
Burial	after 18 March 978 (0 days after death) Wareham, Dorset, England
Last change	27 January 2023 – 08:16:42 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He was murdered at Corfe Castle. Edward the Martyr (circa 963-78), Anglo-Saxon king of England, son of King Edgar. A boy at the time of his father's Death, Edward ruled under the guidance of St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. His brief reign was Marked by agitation against the monasteries, which Edgar had favored at the expense of the nonmonastic clergy. Edward was assassinated, possibly at the instigation of his stepmother Elfrida (Aelfthryth), whose son Ethelred succeeded him. Miracles were said to have occurred at his tomb, and he was later declared a saint and martyr. Edward's feast day is March 18.

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He was murdered at Corfe Castle.

Edward the Martyr (circa 963-78), Anglo-Saxon king of England, son of King
Edgar. A boy at the time of his father's Death, Edward ruled under the
guidance of St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. His brief reign was
Marked by agitation against the monasteries, which Edgar had favored at
the expense of the nonmonastic clergy. Edward was assassinated, possibly
at the instigation of his stepmother Elfrida (Aelfthryth), whose son
Ethelred succeeded him. Miracles were said to have occurred at his tomb,
and he was later declared a saint and martyr. Edward's feast day is March
18.

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Media object	King of the English (975-978), Saint Edward (Eadweard) "the Martyr"