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Eduino
Sign in to saveAlso known as Eadwig the Fair, Edwy, Edwig, Edwig of England, Edwig, king of England, Edwig, king of the English, Eadwig of England, Eadwig, king of England
re d'Inghilterra (r. 955-959)
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Eadwig was King of England for about four years in the mid-10th century, ruling from 955 until his death in 959 at a young age. He became king after his uncle Eadred died, following the earlier death of their father Edmund I when Eadwig was still a child.
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Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King of the English
- Royalty.image
- Eadwig - MS Royal 14 B VI.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Eadwig in the early fourteenth-century
- Royalty.alt
- Early fourteenth-century portrait of Eadwig
- Royalty.reign
- 23 November 955 – 1 October 959
- Royalty.predecessor
- Eadred
- Royalty.successor
- Edgar
- Royalty.house
- Wessex
- Royalty.birth_date
- 940/941
- Royalty.death_date
- 1 October 959 (aged )
- Royalty.burial_place
- New Minster, Winchester
- Royalty.spouse
- Ælfgifu (annulled)
- Royalty.father
- Edmund I
- Royalty.mother
- Ælfgifu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Place of death
- Gloucester
- Spouse
- Ælfgifu
- Father
- Edmund I
- Mother
- Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
- Sibling
- Edgar of England
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch of England
- Family
- House of Wessex
- Image
- Eadwig.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Winchester Cathedral
- Commons category
- Eadwig of England
- date of death
- 0959-10-01
- date of birth
- 0940-00-00
- P12749
- 431 Nephele
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