Edward the Martyr

British

noun

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

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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

Here Edward the Martyr was brought after his murder at Corfe Castle, the body being afterwards transferred to Shaftesbury with great pomp and splendour.

From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric

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 Naylor, Robert

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 Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

In the Calendar of Saints are found the names of Edward the Martyr, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Etheldrith, and Thomas � Becket.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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