• Eadred (died 1042) was Bishop of Durham in around 1040. He had been the head of the cathedral chapter when Edmund the previous bishop died. Eadred is said...
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    Eadred (also Edred, c. 923 – 23 November 955) was King of the English from 26 May 946 until his death in 955. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder...
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  • Eadred Lulisc or Eadred of Carlisle (fl. late 9th century) is the abbot of Carlisle recorded by the Historia de Sancto Cuthberto. The Historia gives the...
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  • include: Eadred (923–955), king of England Eadred (bishop) (died 1042), Bishop of Durham Eadred Lulisc (fl. late 9th century), abbot of Carlisle Eadred Ætheling...
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  • Bloodaxe reconquers York. King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York. 954 Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York, reuniting...
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    Pucklechurch in Gloucestershire, and he was succeeded by his younger brother Eadred, who died in 955 and was followed by Edmund's sons in succession. Æthelstan...
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    The bishop of Durham is responsible for the diocese of Durham in the province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a...
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    sons Eadwig and Edgar were young children, their uncle Eadred became king. Like Edmund, Eadred inherited the kingship of the whole of England but soon...
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  • Ethelric; died 1072) was Bishop of Durham from 1041 to 1056 when he resigned. Æthelric was a monk at Peterborough Abbey before Bishop Eadmund of Durham brought...
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    During the reign of King Eadred (946–955), Æthelwold wished to travel to Europe to learn more about the monastic life, but Eadred refused permission, and...
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    Although Eadred's forces had to sustain heavy losses in the Battle of Castleford (Ceaster forda) – near Tanshelf – as they returned southwards, Eadred managed...
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    Dunstan (category 10th-century English bishops)
    Dunstan's appointment, in 946, King Edmund was assassinated. His successor was Eadred. The policy of the new government was supported by the Queen mother, Eadgifu...
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    Oda of Canterbury (category Bishops of Ramsbury (ancient))
    11th-century copy done for Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York. At the death of King Eadred of England in 955, Oda was one of the recipients of a bequest from the king...
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    as his sons Eadwig and Edgar were infants, their uncle Eadred became king. Like Edmund, Eadred inherited the kingship of the whole of England and soon...
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  • Edmund and Eadred. The date at which he became bishop is very uncertain, but it is reasonably sure that he died in about 950 when Bishop Oskytel begins...
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    two sons, Edmund I of England, later King Edmund I, and Eadred of England, later King Eadred, and two daughters, Saint Eadburh of Winchester and Eadgifu...
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  • who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. Shashi Jayakumar suggests that she may have been the Ælfwynn who was wife...
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    rector ("King of the English and of other peoples governor and director") Eadred: Regis qui regimina regnorum Angulsaxna, Norþhymbra, Paganorum, Brettonumque...
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  • grew up at Ripon after his death and remained active until 948, when King Eadred destroyed the church at Ripon; after the destruction, Wilfrid's relics were...
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    Bamburgh. King Eadred was the half-brother of Æthelstan and full brother of Edmund, all of whom were sons of King Edward the Elder. Eadred inherited the...
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    the abbey was in a decayed state, but in about 954 King Eadred appointed Æthelwold, later Bishop of Winchester, abbot. He was one of the leaders of the...
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    Æthelstan. Edward's two youngest sons later reigned as kings Edmund I and Eadred. Edward was admired by medieval chroniclers, and in the view of William...
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    forced to pay tribute, and accept a peace agreement. November 23 – King Eadred (or Edred) dies childless after a 9-year reign at Frome (Somerset). He is...
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  • Wulfstan invited Eric Bloodaxe, the King of Orkney to become King of Jórvík. Eadred of Wessex brutally ravaged Northumbria in 948, forcing Eric to leave Northumbria...
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  • Lindisfarne and "... destroyed all the monasteries. Eardulf, bishop of Lindisfarne, and abbot Eadred, taking the body of St Cuthbert from the island of Lindisfarne...
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    his sons Eadwig and Edgar were infants, their uncle Eadred (946–955) became king. Like Edmund, Eadred inherited the kingship of the whole of England and...
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  • former slave and the pretender king of Northumbria David Schofield as Abbot Eadred (series 2), Guthred's closest advisor Eva Birthistle as Hild (series 2–5;...
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    William de St-Calais (category 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops)
    who was nominated by King William I of England as Bishop of Durham in 1080. During his term as bishop, St-Calais replaced the canons of his cathedral chapter...
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    of Wessex, King of Wessex (802–839) Ethelwulf, King of Wessex (839–856) Eadred, King of England (946–955) Eadwig, King of England and later Wessex (955–959)...
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    Ætheling (died c. 1005); Edmund Ironside (King of England, died 1016); Eadred Ætheling (died before 1013); Eadwig Ætheling (executed by Cnut 1017); Edgar...
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