Brief Bios of Anglo-Saxon kings: Eadwig

Eadwig caught in flagrante delicto by an unamused Abbot Dunstan.

Eadwig (c.940 – 959) famously excused himself from the banquet following his own coronation to exercise himself with a noblewoman – and her daughter. Abbot Dunstan was sent to bring Eadwig back and, apparently, had to use force to get the king from the women’s bed. The relationship between the king and the reforming abbot did not improve thereafter.

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