Eadric STREONA OF MERCIA

970 - 25 DEC 1017

• BIRTH: 970, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
• DEATH: 25 DEC 1017, London, England
• BURIAL: 25 DEC 1017, London, England
• EVENT: He was one of the principal advisers of King Æthelred II, acquiring a position of considerable power but also a reputation for treachery. : From 1006 to
• EVENT: King Æthelred appointed him Ealdorman of Mercia. : 1007
• EVENT: Alderman of Mercia
  Ruled : 1007, Mercia
• EVENT: He subscribed charters of King Æthelred II. : From 1007 to 1015
• EVENT: When Thorkell the Tall arrived in England in 1009 wreaking havoc throughout the country, King Æthelred wanted to retaliate but his son in law Eadric dissuaded him. 2 years of conflict followed, ended only when Eadric negotiated a payment of £48,000 to t
  BAD+COUNSEL+++WHOSE+SIDE+WAS+HE+ON%3F : 13 APR 1012, London, Middlesex, England
• EVENT: He changed sides several times, wavering between Edmund %22Ironsides%22 or Canute, presumably depending on who had the upper hand at the time. : 1014/1016
• EVENT: Eadric collected an army at Cosham with the intention of betraying the ailing King Æthelred, however, was thwarted by the arrival of Edward Ironsides equally sizable force. The armies parted peacefully.
  BETRAYAL+THWARTED : AUG 1015, Cosham, Hampshire, England
• EVENT: Unable to take the sick king, Eadric instead took forty ships from the royal fleet, fled to Cnut, and entered into his service. Eadric joined the biggest enemy of the family he had married into
  JOINED+CNUT : SEP 1015
• EVENT: Eadric was firmly sided with Cnut at the Battle of Sherstone, fought on the border of Wessex and Mercia. On the 2nd day, seeing that Edmund was winning, Eadric smote off the head of a warrior who looked like Edmund Ironside and held it up to the King’s
  BEHEADED+EDMUND%2C+BUT+NOT+REALLY : APR 1016, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: After suffering many defeats to Edmund, Cnut withdrew to Mercia and Eadric returned to his brother-in-law and swore fealty to him. No one knows why, but Edmund took the Mercian Earl back into his favor.
  A+SNAKE+FORGIVEN%2C+BUT+WHY%3F : ABT JUL 1016, Aylesford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: King Edmund had the Danes on the run and pressed them closely. It is believed that Eadric contrived to detain Edmund long enough for the Danes to recover and escape.
  DELAYED+ENGLISH%2C+ALLOWING+DANES+TO+ESCAPE : ABT AUG 1016, Wessex
• EVENT: When Danes engaged the forces of Edmund Irondise at Assandun, Eadric, who was supposedly aligned with the English and Edmund Ironside, withdrew his forces from the field of battle, "betrayed his natural lord and all the people of England", bringing abou
  WITHDREW+FROM+BATTLE+OF+ASSANDUN+INSURING+ENGLISH+DEFEAT : 18 OCT 1016, Ashingdon, Essex, England
• EVENT: King Canute granted Mercia to him, but had him murdered later that year. : 1017
• EVENT: While at the royal palace in London, King Cnut commanded that Eadric be executed for his deceitfulness, switching sides repeatedly. He was beheaded and his body thrown over the city wall, and left unburied.
  BEHEADED : 25 DEC 1017, London, Middlesex, England
• EVENT: Streona was not his last name but nickname earned by his greedy nature
  NAME+%27STREONA%27+MEANS+%27THE+ACQUISITIVE%27 :

• MARRIAGE: BEF 1009, Wessex

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