Edward the Martyr

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Edward the Martyr was a 10th-century king of England whose brief reign ended with his murder, leading to his veneration as a royal saint.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century English person ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon monarch ⓘ
Christian martyr ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
royal saint ⓘ
associatedWith monastic reform movement in England ⓘ
burialPlace Shaftesbury Abbey ⓘ
Shaftesbury, Dorset ⓘ
linked to: Shaftesbury

Wareham ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 10th century ⓘ
conflict political struggles between royal factions ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 962 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 18 March 978 ⓘ
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
endTime 978 ⓘ
era Late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
father Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
feastDay 18 March ⓘ
19 March (some calendars) ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasTitle King Edward ⓘ
linked to: Edward

Saint Edward the Martyr ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Martyr
languageOfWorkOrName Old English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
mother Æthelflæd (consort of Edgar the Peaceful) ⓘ
notableFor brief reign as king of England ⓘ
veneration as a royal martyr ⓘ
violent death at Corfe ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Corfe Castle ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
positionHeld King of the English ⓘ
predecessor Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
reignEnd 978 ⓘ
reignStart 975 ⓘ
relative Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingdom of England ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
startTime 975 ⓘ
successor Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → sibling → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → predecessor → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Edward the Martyr → hasTitle → Saint Edward the Martyr ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Martyr
King of Wessex → hasNotableHolder → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → successor → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → child → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
St Edward King and Martyr Church → namedAfter → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
St Edward King and Martyr Church → dedication → King Edward the Martyr ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Martyr
Saint Edward the Martyr → alternateName → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
subject linked to: Saint Edward
Dunstan → advisorTo → King Edward the Martyr ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Martyr
Æthelred the Unready → predecessor → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
subject linked to: the Unready
Shaftesbury Abbey → dedicatedTo → Saint Edward the Martyr ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Martyr
Shaftesbury Abbey → hasRelicOf → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Shaftesbury Abbey → burialPlaceOf → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → successor → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
subject linked to: the Peaceful
Edgar the Peaceful → child → Edward the Martyr ⓘ
subject linked to: the Peaceful
Athelstan Atheling → uncle → Edward the Martyr ⓘ