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'''Edward the Martyr''' (d.978), [[king]] of [[England]] (975-979), is known more for his death than his life. He was a strongly religious teenager who attained the throne after his father’s sudden death with the support of [[St. Dunstan]], against the wishes of a sizable clique that preferred his younger half-brother, Ethelred.  

 

'''Edward the Martyr''' (d.978), [[king]] of [[England]] (975-979), is known more for his death than his life. He was a strongly religious teenager who attained the throne after his father’s sudden death with the support of St. Dunstan, against the wishes of a sizable clique that preferred his younger half-brother, Ethelred.  

Whilst devout, and, it seems, fiscally cautious, there is evidence of instability in his character. His short reign suffered from continued ill-feeling between the two royal camps; and ended when he was murdered whilst visiting his brother and step-mother at Corfe Castle and his body buried without ceremony.

Whilst devout, and, it seems, fiscally cautious, there is evidence of instability in his character. His short reign suffered from continued ill-feeling between the two royal camps; and ended when he was murdered whilst visiting his brother and step-mother at Corfe Castle and his body buried without ceremony.