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
Ælfthryth (wife of Edgar)
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Ælfthryth was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975. She was a leading figure in the regency during the minority of her son King Æthelred the Un
Edward the Martyr
…principal supporters were Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia, while Æthelred was backed by his mother Queen Ælfthryth and her friend Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester. The dispute was quickly settled. Edward was chosen as king and Æthelred received the lands traditionally…
King Edgar's First Interview with Queen Elfrida by William Hamilton, 1774
Edward the Martyr is offered a cup of mead by Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, unaware that her attendant is about to murder him.