Saint Eadward the Martyr

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Saint_Eadward_the_Martyr
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:birthDate c. 962
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Shaftesbury_Abbey
gptkbp:canonizedBy 1001
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:deathDate 18 March 978
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Corfe_Castle,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:feastDay 18 March
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Eadward the Martyr
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkbp:notableFor murdered at a young age
venerated as a saint and martyr
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:reign 975–978
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Æthelred_the_Unready
gptkbp:title gptkb:martyrdom
gptkb:King_of_the_English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Early_Medieval_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5