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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 is the Ealdorman of Mercia. Streona is beheaded by King Canute to avoid the possibility of a future betrayal, since Streona betrayed Edmund. Eadric Streona is ambitious with a clear goal, the independence of the Kingdom of Mercia.
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. Little is known of Eadric’s origins.
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.
Mercia ( /ˈmɜːrʃiə -ʃə/, /ˈmɜːsɪə/ inglés antiguo: Miercna rīċe latín: Merciorum regnum) fue uno de los reinos de la heptarquía anglosajona, lo que ahora es el centro de Inglaterra, en la región conocida como las Tierras Medias, 1 en la región Central, con su corazón en el valle del río Trent y sus afluentes.
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.
24 de feb. de 2023 · 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.
