Eadred

/ ˈɛdrɪd /

noun

1. died 955 _ad , king of England (946–55): regained Northumbria (954) from the Norwegian king Eric Bloodaxe

Example Sentences

King Eadred of Wessex - King of the English and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.

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During the reign of Eadred he held the office of royal treasurer.

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Eadred wished him to accept a bishopric, but he refused, for he would not leave the king’s service, and he evidently considered that a bishopric should not be treated as a mere provision for an officer of state.

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At last Eadred caught him and put him in prison; and though, after a while, he was released and again acted as bishop, he was not allowed to return to his province.

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As early as 955 he signed a charter of his uncle Eadred, and in 957 the Mercian nobles, discontented with the rule of his elder brother Eadwig, made him king of England north of the Thames.

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