See also:

• EDWY (EADWIG)

EDWY (EADWIG)  , "THE See also:

• FAIR

FAIR" (c . 940-959), 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 of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English, was the eldest son of King See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund and IElfgifu, and succeeded his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle Eadred in 955, when he was little more than fifteen years old . He was crowned at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• ODO

Odo, and his troubles began at the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation feast . He had retired to enjoy the See also:

• COMPANY

company of the ladies IEthelgifu (perhaps his See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster-See also:

• MOTHER

mother) and her daughter IElfgifu, whom the king intended to marry . The nobles resented the king's withdrawal, and he was induced by See also:

• DUNSTAN, SAINT (924 or 925-g88)

Dunstan and Cynesige, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield, to return to the feast . See also:

• EDWY (EADWIG)

Edwy naturally resented this interference, and in 457 Dunstan was driven into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile . By the See also:

• YEAR

year 956 IElfgifu had become the king's wife, but in 958 Archbishop Odo of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury secured their separation on the ground of their being too closely akin . Edwy, to See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge from the disproportionately large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of charters issued during his reign, seems to have been weakly lavish in the granting of privileges, and soon the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief men of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia and See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria were disgusted by his partiality for Wessex . The result was that in the year 957 his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, the See also:

• IETHELING

IEtheling See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar, was chosen as king by the Mercians and Northumbrians . It is probable that no actual conflict took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and in 959, on Edwy's See also:

• DEATH

death, Edgar acceded peaceably to the combined kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria .