Ruler · 940 – 959

Eadwig

Lived 940 – 959; monarch. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 955 – 959.

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Lived: 940 – 959; 19 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of England
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 5th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

1 before

Æthelstan927 – 939

Edmund I939 – 946

Eadred946 – 955

Eadwig955 – 959

Edgar, King of England959 – 975

Edward the Martyr975 – 978

Æthelred the Unready978 – 1013

45 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 955 – 959 · 4 years · came to it aged 15

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's end cause on the term: death in office

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