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Eadred

British  
/ ˈɛdrɪd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC May 17, 2019

Eadred harried and burnt the province, which he then handed over to an earl of his own creation, one of the Bamborough family.

From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Grant Allen

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

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt

Again, we find King Eadred granting land and fishing near Twineham to Dunstan.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Rev. Thomas Perkins

Archbishop Oda.—Another side of the Church's work, the maintenance of a high standard of morality, was, in the time of Eadred, represented by Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

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