King of England between 946-55AD, he was a
sickly man who died while young. He is mainly noted for his crushing of a rebellion by
Eric Bloodaxe, a man who had been thrown out of a bloodthirsty society for
savagery.
Although Eadred's methods in the Northumberland campaigns were vicious and cruel, he was said to be a very pious man who devoted his life to God. He must have been viewed as quite a formidable foe for the Northumbrians to throw out the vicious Eric Bloodaxe rather than face the wrath of Eadred.
Eadwig ruled after him, Edmund the Magnificent before.