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Eadric Streona (died 1017) was Ealdorman of Mercia from 1007 until he was killed by King Cnut. Eadric was given the epithet "Streona" (translated as "The Acquisitive”) in Hemming's Cartulary because he appropriated church land and funds for himself.
Eadric Streona (died 1017) was the ealdorman of the Mercians, who, though a man of ignoble birth, was advanced to the revived office of ealdorman by the English king Ethelred II, whose daughter Eadgyth Eadric married.
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27 de jun. de 2024 · Initially depicted as a traitor and a villain during Cnut’s conquest of England in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Eadric Streona has inspired those who have recorded his role in history to enumerate his many crimes, if not to attribute new ones to him, and to provide great detail to the scene of his execution.
Eadric Streona est un noble anglais mort en 1017. Il est nommé ealdorman de Mercie par le roi Æthelred le Malavisé en 1007. En conflit avec son fils et successeur Edmond Côte-de-Fer, il rallie les Danois de Knut le Grand lorsque ce dernier envahit l'Angleterre, en 1016.
6 de feb. de 2014 · Streona was not the last name of Eadric of Mercia; rather, it was a nickname which roughly translates to “the Acquisitor”. He became Earl of Mercia in 1007, apparently as a result of murder, or rather, doing King Aethelred’s dirty work while acquiring the lands of tax defaulters.
The crafty and perfidious Edric Streona, plotting mischief against the noble ealdorman Alfhelm, prepared a great feast for him at Shrewsbury: and on his arrival pursuant to the invitation, Edric welcomed him like an intimate friend.
2 de mar. de 2023 · Most make graphic Eadric’s crimes and display him both figuratively as a political actor, and literally as an executed body. However, there are exceptions in two sources produced at Worcester as a part of St Wulfstan’s historiographical project.
