Eadred
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Eadred was King of the English from 26 May 946 until his death in 955. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Eadgifu. When his elder brother, Edmund I, was killed in 946, Edmu
Silver penny, obverse, inscribed 'EADRED REX'
HT1 style reverse inscribed 'INGELGAR M'
Portrait of Dunstan kneeling before Christ, probably by Dunstan himself
Eadwig
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Eadwig 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 w
Eadred
…955. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Eadgifu. When his elder brother, Edmund I, was killed in 946, Edmund's two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, were young children, so Eadred became king. He suffered from ill health in the last years of his life and died in his early thirties, having…
Silver penny, obverse, inscribed 'EADǷIG REX'
HT1 style reverse inscribed 'HERIGER MO'. Heriger was a York moneyer.
Edwy and Elgiva, A Scene from Saxon History; William Hamilton, 1793