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...
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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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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...
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Eadwig Basan (Latin: Eaduuius Basan) was an eleventh-century monk and scribe of Christ Church Canterbury, who worked on several manuscripts, including...
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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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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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1603 Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Æthelstan Edmund I Eadred Eadwig Edgar the Peaceful Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Edmund Ironside...
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1603 Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Æthelstan Edmund I Eadred Eadwig Edgar the Peaceful Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Edmund Ironside...
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the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons, Northumbrians, Pagans, and British") Eadwig the Fair: Rex nutu Dei Angulsæxna et Northanhumbrorum imperator paganorum...
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