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Eadwig

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 Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944. Eadwig and his brother Edgar were young children when their father was killed trying to rescue his seneschal from attack by an outlawed thief on 26 May…

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Born
940/941
Burial
New Minster, Winchester
Died
1 October 959 (aged c. 19)
Father
Edmund I
House
Wessex
Mother
Ælfgifu

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Eadwig

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Eadwig

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related to background · 42
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related to Early reign 955–957 · 27
Eadwig → Abbot Dunstan, Archbishop Oda, Ben Snook, Benedictine, Bishop, Dunstan, Eadgifu, Eadred, Eadred's, Eadwig's, Ealdorman, East Anglia, Edgar, Edmund, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Abbey, Half-King, He, However, Immediately
related to Reputation · 25
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related to Division of the kingdom 957–959 · 23
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related to Religion · 23
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related to Coinage · 22
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related to Further reading · 22
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related to In art and literature · 22
Eadwig → Another, Artists, Charles Kemble, Dramatic Poem, Drury Lane Theatre, Dunstan, Edilda, Edwy, Elgiva, Fanny Burney's, King Edwy, March, Richard Dadd, Royal Academy, Sarah Siddons, The, The Insolence, Thomas Sedgwick Whalley's Edwy, Thomas Warwick, William Bromley
related to Eadwig's marriage · 19
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related to Charters · 16
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edgar king eadwig's dunstan reign charters eadred england ælfgifu died kingdom historians division mercia may century became edmund first 957

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EadwigBorn940/9411.00infobox
EadwigBurialNew Minster, Winchester1.00infobox
EadwigDied1 October 959 (aged c. 19)1.00infobox
EadwigFatherEdmund I1.00infobox
EadwigHouseWessex1.00infobox
EadwigMotherÆlfgifu1.00infobox
EadwigPredecessorEadred1.00infobox
EadwigReign23 November 955 – 1 October 9591.00infobox
EadwigSpouseÆlfgifu (annulled)1.00infobox
EadwigSuccessorEdgar1.00infobox
Glastonburyinstance ofHe probably wished to be buried at a reformed Benedictine monastery0.80text
but Eadwig may have wanted to ensure that his tomb would not become a focus for opponents such as Dunstaninstance ofHe probably wished to be buried at a reformed Benedictine monastery0.80text

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