Edward the Martyr
King of the English (975-978)
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A tenth-century English king murdered at eighteen after a three-year reign, canonized not for virtue but because killing an anointed monarch was considered a mortal sin — even when the monarch himself was known for beating and abusing everyone around him.
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Edward became King of the English at roughly thirteen in July 975 after his father Edgar's death triggered a succession fight between rival noble factions: Archbishop Dunstan and Ealdorman Æthelwine backed Edward, while his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth and Bishop Æthelwold supported his younger half-brother Æthelred. Edward won quickly, Æthelred got compensatory lands, and the boy-king inherited a mess — nobles clawing back estates Edgar had forced them to sell cheap to monasteries, two rival magnates carving up land, no one quite willing to push it to war. On 18 March 978, Edward was killed at…
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