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Eadwig

British  
/ ˈɛdwɪɡ, ˈɛdwɪ /

noun

  1. died 959 ad , king of England (955–57)

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He believes the psalter's capital letters were based on designs created by a master scribe, Eadwig Basan, who is not known to have been working in Canterbury until a few years after Alphege's death.

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—Mention of this road, in the neighbourhood of Malmsbury, occurs in two charters of the Saxon kings Athelstan and Eadwig, Nos.

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While he was there, the people of the north revolted from Eadwig, and chose his younger brother Eadgar as king.

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Upon this, Oda, taking courage, declared Eadwig and his young wife to be separated as too near of kin, and even seized her and had her carried beyond sea.

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The first sign of these troubles was seen when the death of Eadred in 955 handed over the realm to a child king, his nephew Eadwig.

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