eadred King of the English

King of the English from 946 to 955, who brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. eadred was the son of the West Saxon king Edward the Elder, the half brother of King athelstan, and the brother of King Edmund I.

 

 

Upon eadred's accession to power, the Northumbrians acknowledged his overlordship, but they soon proclaimed.

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