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Edward the Martyr

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noun

  1. Saint. ?963–978 ad , king of England (975–78), son of Edgar: murdered. Feast day: March 18

"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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According to lore, in 978 A.D., the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Martyr returned thirsty from a hunting trip.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

It will be remembered that the lineage of the present royal house passes through the last-named son of Edmund Ironside to Egbert: Edgar Edward the Martyr, d.

From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

Elgiva, the queen of the Saxon King Edward the Elder, was buried in the Abbey at Shaftesbury, as were also the remains of Edward the Martyr, who was murdered by Elfrida his step-mother in 980.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor

On the pedestal which bears up the Stone are the names of the kings who were crowned on it: Edward the Elder, Ethelstan, Edmund, Edred, Edwig, Edward the Martyr, and Ethelred the Unready.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson

After the death of Edgar came the short reign of Edward the Martyr, whose murder at Corfe Castle brought about the fall of Dunstan and the enthronement of Ethelred.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Robert Leighton

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