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	Edward the Martyr — FactMonster.com
		Edward the Martyr, c.962–978, king of the English (975–78), son of Edgar by his first wife.
		Despite the opposition of some of the nobles, Edward succeeded his father to the throne and was crowned.
		Edward's body was moved to Shaftesbury, where miracles were reported, and he was regarded as a saint and martyr by the people.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0816810.html (210 words)

	Edward the Martyr
		As the murder was attributed to "irreligious" opponents, whereas Edward himself was considered a good Christian, he was canonised as Saint Edward the Martyr in 1001.
		Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become king instead.
		On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by a prominent noblemen who coveted the lands which his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Europe/England/Royal_Family/edwardthemartyr.html (1117 words)

	Edward the Martyr
		As the murder was attributed to "irreligious" opponents, whereas Edward himself was considered a good Christian, he was canonised as Saint Edward the Martyr in 1001.
		Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become king instead.
		On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by a prominent noblemen who coveted the lands which his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/ed/edward_the_martyr.html (1028 words)

	Edward the Martyr - OrthodoxWiki
		Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred the Unready, to become king instead.
		On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by prominent noblemen who coveted the lands that his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
		Edward was officially glorified by the All-English Council of 1008, presided over by St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (who was later also martyred by the Danes in 1012).
	orthodoxwiki.org /Edward_the_Martyr (1150 words)

	Thoughtcrime: Edward the Martyr (978 A.D.)
		Edward the Martyr was the son of King Edgar the Peaceable by his first wife, and succeeded to the throne of his father as King of England in 975 A.D. Despite the opposition of some of the nobles, Edward was confirmed by the primitive parliament of the time and crowned.
		Edward's preference for ecclesiastical advisors despite his disorderly personal life, and his habit of granting the Church all kinds of land, privileges, and goodies aroused the displeasure of the powerful secular party within England, and some of the secularists were sufficiently pissed off to have the boy king whacked.
		Edward's body was moved to Shaftesbury, where miracles were reported at his tomb, and he was regarded as a saint and martyr by the people, which was confirmed by his formal canonisation some years later.
	downwithjugears.blogspot.com /2006/12/edward-martyr-978-ad.html (1056 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Early misfortune thus taught Edward the folly of ambition, and he grew up in innocence, delighting chiefly in assisting at Mass and the church offices, and in association with religious, whilst not disdaining the pleasures of the chase, or recreations suited to his station.
		On Hardicanute's sudden death in 1042, Edward was called by acclamation to the throne at the age of about forty, being welcomed even by the Danish settlers owing to his gentle saintly character.
		Edward was the first King of England to touch for the "king's evil", many sufferers from the disease were cured by him.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen05.html?term=St.%20Edward%20the%20Confessor (517 words)

	Edward the Martyr - OrthodoxWiki
		Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred the Unready, to become king instead.
		On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by prominent noblemen who coveted the lands that his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
		Edward was officially glorified by the All-English Council of 1008, presided over by St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (who was later also martyred by the Danes in 1012).
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Edward_the_Martyr (1150 words)

	GENUKI: Kings of England - E(2)
		king of England, was the son of Edward I., and was born at Carnarvon (Caernarfon) in 1284.
		Edward aimed at the acquisition of Flanders, hoped to get his son Edward, the Black Prince, made Earl of Flanders by the aid of Philip van Arteveldt and the free towns; but Philip was murdered in an insurrection at Ghent.
		Edward came to the throne in the midst of the fierce struggle between the Yorkists and Lancastrians, in which he greatly distinguished himself by his courage and military skill.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kingedw.html (1890 words)

	Orthodox Icon of Saint Edward, Martyr King of England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Edward is the son of King Edgar the Peacable, King of England and Emperor of Britain.
		Edward was born in 960 and at age 15 was anointed King by St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Edward was the firstborn, but had not been born "in the purple" (that is, after Edgar's coronation) and his mother was not royalty.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /sgp03.htm (386 words)

	Edward the Martyr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the murder was attributed to "irreligious" opponents, whereas Edward himself was considered a good Christian, he was canonised as Saint Edward the Martyr in 1001.
		Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become king instead.
		On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by a prominent noblemen who coveted the lands which his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_the_Martyr (1220 words)

	Edward the Martyr - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Edward the Martyr c.962-978, king of the English (975-78), son of Edgar by his first wife.
		Edward's body was moved to Shaftesbury, where miracles were reported, and he was regarded as a saint and martyr by the people.
		"Martyrs in Flames": Sir John Temple and the conception of the Irish in English martyrologies*.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-EdwardMa.html (494 words)

	Edward the Martyr - Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of the relics of St Edward began at the moment of his death (martyrdom).
		This elevation of the relics of St. Edward took place on June 20, 1001.
		Orthodox Christians recognize Edward and other Westerners whose sainthood was declared before the formal split between Orthodox and Catholics in the 11th century.
	www.completeidiot.com /encyclopedia/Edward_the_Martyr (1019 words)

	Cambridgeshire Churches
		Edward son of Edgar was crowned King of England in 975 at the age of only 13.
		Like many murdered kings, Edward became the object of a popular cult and was acclaimed as a saint, though dedications to him are rather rare.
		St Edward proudly proclaims that it was the birth-place of the English Reformation.
	www.druidic.org /camchurch/churches/camedward.htm (766 words)

	Edward the Elder - Cunnan
		Edward, bynamed "the Elder" to distinguish him from Edward the Martyr, was the son of Alfred the Great and Aelswyth and succeeded him on the throne of Wessex.
		Edward continued to have problems with the Northumbrrians, until, in 910, he defeated a large army of theirs, and thereafter they remained north of the Humber River.
		By 918CE Edward had secured rule over all England south of the Humber, and had ended the independance of Mercia, deposing his neice who had sought power there.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /index.php?title=Edward_the_Elder&redirect=no (381 words)

	St. Edward the Confessor
		Edward, by then 40, and already known in England for his worthy character, was called home by acclamation to assume the kingship.
		Edward was also the first king of England reputed to be able to cure skin disease (“the king's evil”) by laying hands on those afflicted by it.
		Edward undertook the task assigned, but died in 1066 only a week after the new abbey church was finished.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id785.htm (690 words)

	Edward the Confessor 13 October 1066 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is called "Edward the Confessor" to distinguish him from another King of England, Edward the Martyr (c962-979), who was assassinated (presumably by someone who wished to place Edward's younger half-brother on the throne), and who came to be regarded, on doubtful grounds, as a martyr for the faith.
		Edward was the son of King Ethelred the Unready.
		Edward is remembered, not on the day of his death, but on the anniversary of the moving ("translation") of his corpse to a new tomb, a date which is also the anniversary of the eve of the Battle of Hastings, the end of Saxon England.
	www.missionstclare.com /english/people/oct13.html (435 words)

	No Worse Deed Than This - Edward the Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Adam of Bremen (d.c.1081), in a scholium, states that Edward ("a very holy man") was murdered by his stepmother, so that she could secure the throne for her own son.
		Christine E. Fell, in 'Edward, King and Martyr', suggests that Osbern of Canterbury, in a 'Life' of St.Dunstan (written c.1090), seems to remark that Edward was "killed by his stepmother's crime" in such a casual manner that he was "mentioning a well-known fact, nothing new or disputable."
		Edward follows and the scene in which he is stabbed (by "some one, I know not who") ensues.
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /martyr.htm (1974 words)

	Biography: Edward the Confessor, King (13 Oct 1066) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is called "Edward the Confessor" to distinguish him from another King of England, Edward the Martyr (c962-979), who was assassinated (presumably by someone who wished to place Edward's younger half-brother on the throne), and who came to be regarded, on doubtful grounds, as a martyr for the faith.
		Edward was the son of King Ethelred the Unready.
		Edward is remembered, not on the day of his death, but on the anniversary of the moving ("translation") of his corpse to a new tomb, a date which is also the anniversary of the eve of the Battle of Hastings, the end of Saxon England.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/10/13.html (443 words)

	St Edward the Martyr
		Edward was supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury, St Dunstan, as he was only in his mid-teens.
		The man told the Abbess of his dreams, she referred the matter to King Ethelred (St Edward's step-brother), and the King ordered the relics to be enshrined in a suitable place in the Abbey Church.
		An article by Father Alexis describing the life of St Edward the Martyr and the foundation of the St Edward Brotherhood appeared in the Society's bi-annual magazine Necropolis News vol 2 no 1 (1996).
	www.tbcs.org.uk /st_edward_the_martyr.htm (0 words)

	Anglo-Saxons.net : Edward the Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Edward the Martyr was the son of Edgar and either Wulfthryth or Æthelflæd.
		Edward became king of England (975-78), but was murdered on 18 March 978.
		In any event, Edward was crowned in 975, but the unrest and resistance continued, alongside what used to be called the "anti-monastic reaction".
	www.anglo-saxons.net /hwaet?do=get&type=person&id=EdwardtheMartyr (492 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - EDWARD (The Martyr, King of the English 975-978)
		Edward was supported by the monastic party lead by Aethelwine and Athelred was supported by the anti-monastic party lead by Ealdorman Aelfhere of Mercia.
		Edward, the eldest son of Edgar, became the king of the English at the age of fourteen at the death of Edgar.
		Edward, the King of the English was assassinated under orders from his step-mother, who wanted her son Athelred to become king.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpr42.htm (288 words)

	St Edward the Martyr
		Edgar, known to posterity as “the Peaceable,” reigned until 975, and at his death, his oldest son Edward was crowned as King of all England.
		King Edward continued his father’s policies and, relying on St Dunstan as an advisor, he gave his royal support to the efforts to reform English monasteries and religious life.
		King Edward's support for the Benedictine reform movement provoked the anger and envy of those who had seen the Church as a way to gain wealth and prestige.
	www.saintedwardbrotherhood.org /edward.html (0 words)

	St.Edward The Martyr
		Edward the Martyr is an excellent example of such a saint.
		Edward is simply known as "Martyr", who was born in 960 and his holy martyrdom took place in the year of 978.
		Edward was the King of England, and he reigned from 975 to 978.
	www.serfes.org /lives/stedward.htm (0 words)

	St. Edward the Martyr
		King of England, son to Edgar the Peaceful, and uncle to St. Edward the Confessor; b.
		His accession to the throne on his father's death, in 975, was opposed by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who was bent on securing the crown for her own son Ethelred, then aged seven, in which she eventually was successful.
		Edward's claim, however, was supported by St. Dunstan and the clergy and by most of the nobles; and having been acknowledged by the Witan, he was crowned by St. Dunstan.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/edward_martyr,saint.html (333 words)

	St Edward's - Church Tour: The Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Edward, who became known as St Edward the Martyr, was king of the West Saxons and reigned for three years until March 978.
		It was at the age of 15 that he was murdered at Corfe Castle in Dorset on the orders of his step-mother, Elfrida, so that her son 'Ethelred the Unready' could succeed to the throne.
		Edward's remains were moved on several occasions but there is now a shrine in Shaftesbury Ruins where the relics are protected and preserved.
	www.stedwards.plus.com /tour/tour2.html (189 words)

	Edward the Martyr - Definition, explanation
		Edward the Martyr, King of England, assassinated at the age of 16 or 17 at the behest of his stepmother.
		Profile of the English priest and martyr, who was executed at York in 1594.
		Edward Thwing, a priest and professor from near York...
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/ed/edward_the_martyr.php (1214 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Elements of the Gloucester Subplot
		Moreover, Edward's illegitimacy, which threatened his claim to the throne, mirrors the condition of Shakespeare's Edmund, who is denied his father's lands because of his birth.[5] Shakespeare had only to consult book VI of Holinshed's Chronicles for motive, plot, and names in the Edward story.
		Edward's body was hastily buried in Wareham, where miracles were reported.[14] A year after interment, the body was brought to the nunnery at Shaftesbury, which became the center of Edward's cult.
		5 Edward was the offspring of Edgar and AEthelflaed.
	phoenixandturtle.net /excerptmill/aslear.htm (2060 words)

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