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Edward the 1st Surnamed [[underline]] Long Shanks [[/underline]] 1272 Edward the 1st succeeded his Father Henry the 3d in 1272; he was carrying on a Crusade against the Saracens, when Henry died; there with 10,000 Englishmen he struck a general panic into the Infidels, While he was in Palestine he was wounded in the arm with a poisoned dagger, and it is said that he owed his life to the affection of Queen Eleanor who sucked the venom out of the wound -- Edward began his reign by confirming the Magna Charta, and by making a strict enquiry into the Affairs of the
