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EDWY

Edwy was a king of England. The son of Edmund the Elder, he succeeded his uncle Edred as King of England in 955 and reigned until 959. Taking part with the secular clergy against the monks, he incurred the confirmed enmity of the latter. The papal party, headed by Dunstan, was strong enough to excite a rebellion, by which Edwy was driven from the throne to make way for his brother Edgar. He died in 959, probably not more than eighteen or nineteen years old.
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