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Eadred (also Edred, [1] c. 923 – 23 November 955) 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.
- 26 May 946 – 23 November 955
- Eadgifu
Apr 5, 2024 · sister Aethelflaed. Edward (died July 17, 924, Farndon on Dee, England) was an Anglo-Saxon king in England, the son of Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 899 to 924, Edward extended his authority over almost all of England by conquering areas that previously had been held by Danish invaders.
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Nov 2, 2022 · 8 min read. On 26th May 946 King Edmund I was murdered in a brawl in Gloucestershire, leaving his younger brother Eadred to succeed to the throne and continue defending it against Viking ambitions. Eadred was chosen as king by the Witan above Edmund’s own children, as they were still in their infancy and thus too young to inherit the throne.
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Eadred (c. 923 – 23 November 955) 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.
BY DAVID ROSS, EDITOR. King Eadred. Eadred was a son of Edward the Elder by his third wife Eadgifu, and was born around AD 923. He came to the throne when his elder brother Edmund I (Edmund the Magnificent) was stabbed to death on 26 May AD 946. He was consecrated as King of the English at Kingston-upon-Thames on 16 August.
Eadred, or Edred, reigned as the King of the English from 946 to 955 AD, he was known for bringing Northumbria under permanent English rule. Eadred was the son of the King of the Anglo-Saxons , Edward the Elder, and his third wife, Eadgifu.
Eadred (d. 23 Nov. 955), son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu, was king of England (946-55) after his brother Edmund. It was in Eadred's reign that Northumbria finally became a permanent part of England, nearly three decades after the submission to Æthelstan in 927.
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