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Edward

biographical name Ed·ward \ˈed-wərd\

Definition of EDWARD

name of 8 post-Norman Eng. (British) kings: I 1239–1307 (reigned 1272–1307); II 1284–1327 (reigned 1307–27); III 1312–1377 (reigned 1327–77); IV 1442–1483 (reigned 1461–70; 1471–83); V 1470–1483 (reigned 1483); VI 1537–1553 (reigned 1547–53) son of Henry VIII & Jane Seymour; VII 1841–1910 (reigned 1901–10) Albert Edward, son of Victoria; VIII 1894–1972 (reigned 1936; abdicated) Duke of Windsor, son of George V
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Edward

biographical name

Definition of EDWARD

1330–1376 the Black Prince; son of Edward III prince of Wales

Edward

biographical name \ˈed-\

Definition of EDWARD

1003?–1066 the Confessor king of the English (1042–66)

Variants of EDWARD

Edward or Ead·ward \ˈed-\

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