Edward "the Martyr" King Of England 
Edward "the Martyr" was born in 0963. Edward "the Martyr"'s father was Edgar King Of England and his mother was Elfrida Queen Of England. His paternal grandparents were Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of England and Elgiva Queen of England. He had a brother named Ethelred II "The Unready". He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 15 in 0978.General Notes
Edward the Martyr (circa 963-978), Anglo-Saxon king of England, son of King Edgar. A boy at the time of his father's death, Edward ruled under the guidance of St. Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury. His brief reign was marked by agitation against the monasteries, which Edgar had favored at the expense of the nonmonastic clergy. Edward was assassinated, possibly at the instigation of his stepmother Elfrida (Aelfthryth), whose son Ethelred succeeded him. Miracles were said to have occurred at his tomb, and he was later declared a saint and martyr. Edward's feast day is March 18.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 856/57 in England
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 901 in Wincester, England
- b.0810 in Wessex, England d.0855 in England?
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington, England
- b. in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire d.0911
- b.0852 in Gaini, Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in England?
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in England
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0944 in England?
- b.0963 d.0978
- b.0947 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in England?
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