Eadred: 946-955

Eadred succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother, Edmund. It was his defeat of Eric Bloodaxe - a Norseman who had declared himself king of Northumbria - that led to the permanent inclusion of Northumbria as part of England.

According to William of Malmesbury, Eadred was not a well man. He graphically describes the king as "constantly oppressed by sickness, and of so weak a digestion as to be unable to swallow more than the juices of the food he had masticated, to the great annoyance of his guests." He died at Frome after only nine years on the throne, and was buried at Winchester Old Minster.

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