Edward the Martyr
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Edward the Martyr was King of the English from 8 July 975 until he was killed in 978. He was the eldest son of King Edgar. On Edgar's death, the succession to the throne was contested between Edward's
Corfe Castle after the Norman Conquest
Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst, Somerset
Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge
Æthelred the Unready
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Æthelred II, known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from March 978 to December 1013 and again from February 1014 until his death. The epithet "Unready" or "Unræd" is a pun on his name
Edward the Martyr
…959–975). On Edgar's death, the succession to the throne was contested between Edward's supporters and those of his younger half-brother, the future King Æthelred the Unready. As they were both children, it is unlikely that they played an active role in the dispute, which was probably between rival family alliances. Edward's…
Illustration in the late tenth-century Ramsey Psalter, probably for Ramsey Abbey or Oswald, Archbishop of York
Charter S 876 of 4 June 993 in favour of Abingdon Abbey
Charter S 905 of Æthelred in 1002 granting land in Canterbury for seven pounds to a man also called Æthelred and his wife, with restoration to the Church on their deaths