6. Eadwig

The Kings and Queens podcast

Perhaps no image of an Anglo-Saxon king has been shaped as unyieldingly by his enemies as Eadwig's (955-59). Ruthless purging of the old guard of his father and uncle and the appointments of favourites resulted in his character assassination in the hagiographies of the men he’d dismissed. He was labelled an incorrigible rascal and lecher. The accounts paint a picture of a naïve, capricious, salacious misguided boy, who side-lined experienced advisors when they resisted his childish impulses.

Characters

Eadwig - King of England (955-59)

Aelfgifu - wife of Eadwig

Edmund I - King of England (939-46), father of Eadwig

Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury - mother of Eadwig

Eadgifu - grandmother of Eadwig

Edgar - younger brother of Eadwig, King of the Mercians and Northumbrians

Aethelgifu - mother of Aelfgifu, Eadwig’s wife

Aelric - Eadwig’s foster parent

Dunstan - Abbot of Glastonbury

Oda - Archbishop of Canterbury

Aethelwold - Abbot of Abingdon

Aethelstan half-king - Alderman of East-Anglia

B - chronicler

William of Malmesbury - chronicler

Credits

Music: Nomadic Dawn by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licence

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