Person    | Male  Born 944  Died 8/7/975

King Edgar

Categories: Royalty

King of England 959 to his death. Brought St Dunstan to Britain. Father of King Edward the Martyr. Died Winchester.

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King Edgar

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Anchor Iron Wharf - history

{On the base of the monument:} Anchor Iron Wharf In 964 King Edgar granted th...

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King Edgar

The plaque with this text utilizes an unusually interesting script, reminisce...

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Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI.  When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...

Building, Property, Royalty

2 memorials
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester

Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester

Married Humphrey, uncle to the child King Henry VI.  Eleanor was implicated in a plot of  treasonable necromancy against the king.  Her supposed co-conspirators were executed and she was sentenced ...

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on Monday 20 June 1887. In George Gissing's 1894 novel 'In the Year of Jubilee' characters discuss whether to participate...

Event, Royalty

12 memorials
Eltham Palace

Eltham Palace

First mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the origins of this Palace are probably much earlier. It was given to Edward II in 1305, and was a royal residence until the 16th century. In 1933 the leas...

Building, Property, Royalty

1 memorial