Eadwig of England

E171724

Eadwig of England was a 10th-century king of the English whose short and turbulent reign was marked by political conflict with powerful nobles and church leaders.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Eadwig 13
King Eadwig 2
Eadwig All-Fair 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century monarch ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eadwig All-Fair ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
associatedWith English Benedictine reform movement (indirectly, through opposition) ⓘ
birthDate c. 940 ⓘ
burialPlace New Minster, Winchester ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement reign followed that of Eadred of England ⓘ
reign preceded that of Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
conflict political conflict with English nobles ⓘ
political conflict with church leaders ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1 October 959 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
father Edmund I of England ⓘ
givenName Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Old English ⓘ
marriageAnnulledBy Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
monarchType early medieval king ⓘ
mother Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury ⓘ
notableAlly Æthelwold of Winchester ⓘ
notableEvent division of kingdom between Eadwig and Edgar ⓘ
notableFor conflict with powerful nobles and church leaders ⓘ
notableOpponent Dunstan ⓘ
Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
occupation monarch ⓘ
partOf English monarchy ⓘ
linked to: English monarchs
positionHeld King of the English ⓘ
predecessor Eadred of England ⓘ
realm Kingdom of England ⓘ
reignEnd 959 ⓘ
reignStart 955 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
royalHouse House of Wessex ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shortDescription 10th-century king of the English with a short and turbulent reign ⓘ
sibling Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
spouse Ælfgifu (wife of Eadwig) ⓘ
successor Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
title King of the English ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Eadwig of England ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → child → Eadwig ⓘ
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Edmund I of England → child → Eadwig, King of the English ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Edward the Elder → child → Eadwig ⓘ
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Æthelweard → relative → Eadwig ⓘ
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King of Wessex → hasNotableHolder → Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Edgar the Peaceful → sibling → Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Edgar the Peaceful → predecessor → Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Eadred of England → successor → Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Eadwig of England → givenName → Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Eadwig of England → alsoKnownAs → Eadwig All-Fair ⓘ
linked to: Eadwig of England
Coronation Stone → associatedWith → King Eadwig ⓘ
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King of the Anglo-Saxons → notableTitleHolder → Eadwig ⓘ
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Old Minster, Winchester → burialPlaceOf → King Eadwig ⓘ
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Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury → motherOf → Eadwig ⓘ
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Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury → child → Eadwig ⓘ
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Edgar the Peaceful → sibling → Eadwig ⓘ
subject linked to: the Peaceful
linked to: Eadwig of England
Edgar the Peaceful → predecessor → Eadwig ⓘ
subject linked to: the Peaceful
linked to: Eadwig of England