Edward the Martyr

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Edward the Martyr

(Biographies / Edward the Martyr, Saint (?963-978) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler, RELIGION: saint) Saint. ?963-978 ad, king of England (975-78), son of Edgar: murdered. Feast day: March 18

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Edward the Martyr - King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)

Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr

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Ethelred Ethelred II Ethelred the Unready saint Saint Edward the Martyr St. Edward the Martyr			6d per therm to 14d 978: Edward the Martyr, King of England from 975, was murdered at Corfe Castle, Dorset, apparently at the instigation of half-brother Ethelred who wanted the crown for himself. On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) This day in religion Feast day of Edward the Martyr. About this day by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) A, Edward the Elder; B, Edward the Confessor; C, Edmund Ironside; D, Edward the Martyr. 1/2 pounds MILLIONAIRE; See Peter scoop pounds 500k on TV quiz show ... by Pilditch, David; Atkinson, Steve / The Mirror (London, England)			Edward I Edward II Edward III Edward IV Edward James Hughes Edward James Muggeridge Edward Jean Steichen Edward Jenner Edward Kendall Edward Kennedy Ellington Edward Lawrie Tatum Edward Lear Edward Lee Thorndike Edward MacDowell Edward Morley Edward Osborne Wilson Edward Pusey Edward R. Murrow Edward Roscoe Murrow Edward Sapir Edward Teach Edward Teller Edward Thatch Edward the Confessor Edward the Elder Edward the Martyr Edward V Edward Vernon Rickenbacker Edward VI Edward VII Edward VIII Edward Vincent Sullivan Edward Weston Edward White Edward Williams Morley Edward Winslow Edward Wyllis Scripps Edward Young Edwardian Edwardiana Edwards Edwin Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin DuBois Hayward Edwin Herbert Land Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble Edwy EE EE & MP EEA			Edward Steichen Edward Stettinius, Jr. Edward Suess Edward Sullivan Edward Syndrome Edward Tatum Edward Tatum Edward Taub Edward Teach Edward Teach Edward Teller Edward Teller Edward Terry Sanford Edward Terry Sanford Edward Thatch Edward Thatch Edward Thaxter Gignoux Edward the Black Prince Edward the Black Prince Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St Edward the Confessor, St Edward the Elder Edward the Elder Edward the Elder of England Edward the Elder of England Edward the First Edward the First Edward the Martyr Edward the Martyr, St Edward the Martyr, St Edward the Second Edward the Second Edward Thomas Edward Thorndike Edward Thorndike Edward Tylor Edward V Edward V Edward V of England Edward V of England Edward V. Appleton Edward V. Sullivan Edward Van Halen Edward Vance Palmer Edward Vernon Rickenbacher Edward Vernon Rickenbacker Edward VI Edward VI Edward VI of England Edward VI of England Edward Victor Appleton Edward Victor Appleton Edward VII Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII Peninsula Edward VIII

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