Eadwig

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King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)

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Annulment of marriage The annulment of the marriage of Eadwig and Ælfgifu is unusual in that it was against their will, clearly politically motivated by the supporters of Dunstan. Source: Internet

Before the end of 957, the Mercians and Northumbrians revolted and drove out Eadwig, choosing his brother Edgar as king of the country north of the Thames. Source: Internet

Although it was one of a profusion of paintings and literary works about the early English king Eadwig to appear in the later 18th century, it met with public failure, opening in London in March for only one night. Source: Internet

Gretsch, Intellectual Foundations, pp. 348–349 After "Æthelstan A", charters became more simple, but the hermeneutic style returned in the charters of Eadwig and Edgar. Source: Internet

Charter S 594 of Eadwig dated 956 The contemporary record of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports Eadwig's accession and Dunstan fleeing England, but does not explain why Dunstan fled. Source: Internet

Eadwig died at a young age in 959, in circumstances which remain unknown. Source: Internet

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