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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

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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

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 Gardiner, Samuel Rawson

As a land-boundary we find Weland's smithy in a Charter of king Eadred A.D.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

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

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

In 946 the statement of the Chronicle is reasserted in connection with the accession of Eadred, and in somewhat stronger words:—"the Scots gave him oaths, that they would all that he would".

From An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) by Rait, Robert S.

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