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Edmund, 921–46, king of Wessex (939–46), half brother and successor of Athelstan. Immediately after his accession he had to face an invasion of Irish vikings led by Olaf Guthfrithson Olaf Sihtricson (sĭt`rĭk'sən), d. 981, often called Olaf Cuaran, was expelled from Northumbria by Edmund in 944. ..... Click the link for more information. . He was forced to cede to them the territory between Watling Street and the Northumbrian border (already occupied partly by Danes), and he succeeded in recapturing it in 944 only because of the quarrels among the Norse leaders. In 945 he invaded Strathclyde, which he then turned over to the Scottish king Malcolm I. Edmund was killed in a brawl and was succeeded by his brother Edred. Edmund illegitimate son of Earl of Gloucester; conspires against father. [Br. Hist.: King Lear] See : Illegitimacy Edmund “a most toad-spotted traitor.” [Br. Lit.: King Lear] See : Treason |
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| But soon afterwards, Sir Edmund Andros, an officer of the English army, arrived, with a commission to be governor-general of New England and New York. And foremost among them comes Edmund Spenser, for "the glory of the new literature broke in England with Edmund Spenser. I perfectly exhaust myself sometimes, in pointing out the distinction to Edmund Sparkler. |
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