| Edward, Lake A lake in the Great Rift Valley of central Africa on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
Ed·ward 1 ( d w rd) Known as "the Confessor." 1003?-1066. King of the English (1042-1066) whose reign was marked by political conflict between Norman and English groups. |
| Ed·ward 2 (dwrd) Prince of Wales. Known as "the Black Prince." 1330-1376. English soldier during the Hundred Years' War. The eldest son of Edward III, he fought at Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), where the English forces captured John II of France. |
Edward [ˈɛdwəd]
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(Placename) Lake. a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq. km (830 sq. miles) Former official name Lake Amin
Edward2
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1. (Biographies / Edward, Prince (1330-1376) M, English, POLITICS: Prince of Wales) known as the Black Prince. 1330-76, Prince of Wales, the son of Edward III of England. He won victories over the French at Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War
2. (Biographies / Edward, Prince (1964 M, British, POLITICS: royal family member) Prince. born 1964, Earl of Wessex, third son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1999 he married Sophie Rhys-Jones (born 1965)
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| Noun | 1. |  Edward - King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)House of Windsor, Windsor - the British royal family since 1917 |
| 2. |  Edward - King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I | |
| 3. |  Edward - King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553) | |
| 4. |  Edward - King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483) | |
| 5. |  Edward - King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483) | |
| 6. |  Edward - son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377) | |
| 7. |  Edward - King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327) | |
| 8. |  Edward - King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307) | |
| 9. | Edward - third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) | |
| 10. | Edward - son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) |
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