Eadred, also spelt Edred, (died Nov. 23, 955 in Frome now called Somerset in England.), King of the English from 946 to 955, he brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. Eadred was the son of West Saxon king Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) and Eadgifu, the half brother of King Athelstan (reigned 924–939), and the brother of King Edmund I (reigned 939–946). Upon Eadred’s accession to power, the Northumbrians acknowledged his overlordship, but they soon proclaimed as their King Erik Bloodaxe their King, son of the Norwegian ruler King Harald I. In revenge, Eadred ravaged Northumbria in 948.
Edward in Old English: Eadweard c. 962 – 18 March 978, often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 to 978 at just 12 years old. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was heavily contested, with a split of some supporting Edward’s claim to be King and others supporting his younger half-brother Æthelred the Unready. The latter was recognised as a legitimate son of King Edgar. Ultimately Edward was chosen as King and was crowned by his prominent clerical supporters, archbishops Dunstan of Canterbury Cathedral and Oswald of York.
Ethelred the Unready, also spelt and called Aethelred, Ethelred II or Aethelred Unraed, (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England). It is doubtful he was born in 968 because it would’ve made him ten years old when he became the King of the English. From 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from taking over England. The term “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns his name means “noble counsel.”
Harold I, also known as Harold Harefoot, was King of the English from 1035 to 1040. He came from a long line of Viking Kings, but he is also considered Anglo-Saxon. Harold’s nickname “Harefoot” was recorded as Harefah or Harefoh in the 20th-century history of Ely Abbey, and according to some late medieval chroniclers, it meant that he was “quick on his feet”.
Edward, the Confessor c.1003 – 5 January 1066, was Considered the last King of the House of Wessex and ruled England from 1042 to 1066.
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