See also:EDRIC, or EADRIC, STREONA (d. 1017)
, ealdorman of the Mercians, was a See also:man of ignoble See also:birth who was advanced to high dignity through the favour of the See also:English See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king rEthelred II
.
In 1007 he became ealdorman of the Mercians, and subsequently married'See also:Ethelred's daughter Eadgyth
.
In the struggle between the English and the Danes he appears in the See also:character of an See also:arch-traitor
.
When 'Ethelred in Too9 proposed a See also:great attack on the Danes, See also:Edric dissuaded him from carrying it into effect
.
Again, on the invasion of See also:England by Canute in 1015 Edric deserted See also:Edmund Ironside and joined him
.
After the See also:battle of Otford he returned to Edmund, but only by his treachery at the battle of Assandun to secure the utter defeat of the See also:national cause
.
When See also:peace was at length made, Canute restored to Edric the earldom of See also:Mercia; but at See also:Christmas 1017, fearing further treachery, he had him slain—" very rightly " says the Saxon See also:Chronicle
.
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