Eadred [SEP] father
of 32 having never married, and was succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, Eadwig.
Background and succession.
Eadred was a son of Edward the Elder by his third marriage, to Eadgifu, daughter of Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent. He succeeded his elder brother King Edmund I (r. 939-946), who was stabbed to death at Pucklechurch (Gloucestershire), on St Augustine's Day, 26 May 946. The same year, on 16 August, Eadred was consecrated by Archbishop Oda of Canterbury
Eadred Ætheling
Eadred Ætheling (Old English "Eadred Æþeling") (died c.1012) was the fourth of the six sons of King Æthelred the Unready by his first wife Ælfgifu. He witnessed charters between 993 and 1012 or 1013, but died before his father was forced to flee to Normandy in late 1013
See also.
- House of Wessex family tree
External links.
- ; also