Edward Wessex

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:ancestor gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:born June 13, 962
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkb:Eadwig
Eadred
Edmund II
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Aethelred_II
gptkb:Aethelstan
Edmund I
Aethelwulf
Edred
gptkbp:culturalImpact featured in documentaries
inspiration for literature
symbol of monarchy
depicted in films
subject of historical studies
influenced historical fiction
influenced public history
influenced academic research
depicted in television series
influenced modern perceptions of kingship
associated_with_English_nationalism
gptkbp:culturalSignificance martyrdom
gptkbp:died July 18, 978
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Wessex
gptkbp:father Edmund I
gptkbp:historicalLegacy saintly figure
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:William_of_Malmesbury
gptkb:Florence_of_Worcester
gptkb:Vita_Edwardi
Early Medieval England
Chronicon ex chronicis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Wessex
gptkbp:knownFor unifying_England
gptkbp:mother Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
gptkbp:name gptkb:Edward_the_Martyr
gptkbp:predecessor Edred
gptkbp:reign gptkb:King_of_England
gptkbp:reignEnd 978
gptkbp:reignStart 975
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:reputation pious king
gptkbp:spouse Ælfgifu of Wessex
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Aethelred_the_Unready
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_the_English