Eadric Streona (died 1017) was Ealdorman of Mercia from 1007 until he was killed by King Cnut. Eadric was given the epithet "Streona" (translated as "The...

John of Worcester writes that Eadric the Wild was a son of one Ælfric, whom he identifies as a brother of Eadric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia under King...

686), king of Kent from 685 to 686 Eadric Streona (died 1017), ealdorman of Mercia under Æthelred II and Cnut Eadric the Wild, leader of resistance against...

about strengthening its hold on the country with the assistance of Eadric Streona (Edmund's brother-in-law). People who had sided with the Danes were...

remained in the hands of Eadric Streona. This initial distribution of power was short-lived. The chronically treacherous Eadric was executed within a year...

12th-century tradition, Ælfhelm was murdered and his sons blinded in 1006, by Eadric Streona with the connivance of King (Æthelred II). Ælfhelm's daughter, Ælfgifu...

than a warrior, did not fight amongst his ranks. During the battle, Eadric Streona the ealdorman of Mercia, left the battle allowing the Scandinavians...

is believed to have been an associate of the troublesome ealdorman Eadric Streona, who was killed with him. In the account of Northman's death by order...

may have been appointed Ealdorman of Mercia in 1017 in succession to Eadric Streona, but Leofwine's eldest son Northman was murdered on Cnut's orders in...

Kent to meet a threatened Viking invasion. There Brihtric, brother of Eadric Streona, brought unknown charges against Wulfnoth before the king, unjustly...

husband Pallig and son, together with "the other Danes", on the order of Eadric Streona. William is usually interpreted by historians as saying that Pallig...

1–2) Louis Davison as Prince / King Edmund II (season 1) Gavin Drea as Eadric Streona (season 1) Alan Devine as Cyneheard, Earl of Kent (season 1; guest season...

claims otherwise. It was after this battle, or the one after, that Eadric Streona switched his allegiance back to the English. The Battle of Brentford...

a retainer (knight) of Eadric Streona, the Earl of Mercia. It adds that Northman was killed on Cnut's orders along with Eadric and others. Cnut then "made...

(born before 1001, d. 1012 x 1015) Eadgyth (born before 993), married Eadric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia. Ælfgifu, married ealdorman Uhtred of Northumbria...

East Anglia to Thorkell the Tall, and Mercia to Eadric Streona. Later the same year Canute had Eadric executed as a traitor. According to the Encomium...

Godwin was the son of a Wulfnoth who was the son of Æthelmær, brother of Eadric Streona, both sons of an otherwise unknown Æthelric, but in the view of the...

Haakonsson retained Northumbria, which Cnut had already given him, and Eadric Streona became Earl of Mercia. But the last was disgraced and executed within...

Although this movement was supported by Æthelred's chief advisor, Eadric Streona, it was opposed by Edmund Ironside, Æthelred's third-oldest son, and...

Northumbria controlled by himself, Eadric Streona, Thorkell the Tall and Eric Haakonsson respectively. Christmas – Cnut has Eadric killed and Leofric becomes...

also had recurring roles in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla as Eadric Streona and the Hulu miniseries adaptation of Daisy Jones & the Six as Nicky...

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Anglia to Thorkell the Tall and the earldom of Northumbria to Eric. Eadric Streona retained the earldom of Mercia (having been unified with western Mercia...

Norwegian, Erik of Lade, Thorkell the Tall was given East Anglia, and Eadric Streona had his preexisting appointment to Mercia confirmed. Cnut reserved Wessex...

ships, leading to the Battle of Assandun. In the ensuing struggle, Eadric Streona, whose return to the English side had perhaps only been a ruse, withdrew...

the Danelaw. Sigeferth was murdered alongside his brother Morcar by Eadric Streona at Oxford in 1015. King Æthelred seized both Morcar's and Sigeferth's...

had Eadric Streona executed. Some accounts claim this was triggered by an argument over a game of chess; Historian William Page suggests that Eadric held...

Ælfweard Æthelwine Æthelwulf Alphege (originally Ælfheah) Beorhtric Eadric Streona Eadwig Ealdgyth Ealhhelm Ealhswith Goda Godwin Leofric Leofwine Morcar...

Gainsborough after an English attack found him unprepared. During this time Eadric Streona, the ealdorman of Mercia, is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as...

Æthelweard, would have been obvious candidates. From 1006 the notorious Eadric Streona leapfrogs Æthelmaer, Ordulf, Wulfgeat and Wulfheah, to the head of the...