Wednesday, March 18, 2026


Edward the Martyr is offered a cup of mead by Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, unaware that her attendant is about to murder him. [James William Edmund Doyle, "Edward the Martyr" in A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485]

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