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Edward the Martyr
History of England
0962
Birth
Birth
of
Edward
the Martyr
0975
Famine
On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine raged through the land & violent attacks are stirred up against the monasteries
0975
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Wessex
Edward's accession to the throne is contested by a party headed by his stepmother,
Queen
Elfrida, who wished her son,
Ethelred
to become King
Wessex
Succeeds as King of
England
0978
Assassination
18th Mar Corfe Castle
Stopped by his stepmother's henchmen & hacked to death
0978
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Mar Wareham
Buried at
Wareham
without "royal honors"
0978
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18th Mar Corfe Castle
Death
of
Edward
the Martyr, assassinated
0980
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Shaftesbury
Re-interred "with great ceremony" at
Shaftesbury
Abbey
by
Elfhere
of
Mercia
1008
Sanctification Edward
St.
Edward
is officially glorified by the All-
English
Council
of
1008
, presided over by St. Alphege, archbishop of
Canterbury
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