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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: King Eadred England Of Wessex Note Born: Abt 924 at Wessex, , , England Married: Died: 23 Nov 955 Father: King Edward England Of Wessex Mother: Queen Edgifu England Of Wessex
WIFE
Name: Queen Edburh Of Wessex Born: Died:
CHILDREN

NOTES
1). King of Wessex and acknowledged as overlord of Merc i a , t h e Danelaw and Northumbria. A challenge to Eadred , w hi ch s er ves to illustrate one of his chief qualities , de vel ope d i n the north, in the early 950 s. Eric Bloo daxe , a n aptl y na med, ferocious, Norse Viking who had b een d epos ed by h is ow n people, established himself as k ing o f Nort humbri a at Yor k, apparently with the fearfu l acqui escenc e of th e Northumb rians. Eadred responded b y marchi ng nort h wit h a considerab leforce to meet th e threat. H e procee ded t o ravage the Nor se held territo ries, then m oved bac k to th e south. He was a ttacked o n the way hom e by Eric s forces . Eadred was so enr age d that he threat ened to g o back to N orthumbria and rava ge the entire lan d. This prospect frightened the already frightened Northu m b r i ans into abandoning Eric Bloodaxe. It must be tha t th e y v ie wed Eadred as more formidable than a bloodthi rst y Vi king , w ho had been thrown out of a society know n fo r it s blood thirstiness, because he was too bloodthi rst y and t yrannica l fo r them. In any case, according t o th e Anglo Saxon Chr onicl e , the Northumbrians expel led E ric. As to his personal side, William of Malmesbury provi d e s s o me illumination. He says that Eadred was afflict e d wi th s om e lingering physical malady, since he was, co nstan tly o ppr essed by sickness, and of so weak a dige sti on a s to b e unable to swallow more than the juices o f th e foo d he ha d masti cated, to the great annoyance o f hi s guests . Regar ding hi s spiritual side, apparentl y th e pillaging , ravagin g and la ying waste that he did , ha d no deleterio us effect s on him .As Malmesbury stat es, h e devoted his l ife to God , endure d with patienc e his fr equent bodily pa ins, prolon ged his pr ayers an d made hi s palace altogethe r the schoo l of virtue. H e died whil e still a young man , as had so m any of the k i ngs of Wess ex, accompanied wit h the utmost g rief of m en bu t joy o f angels. Source www .britannia.com

						

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