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Edmund (King Lear)

Edmund or Edmond is a fictional character and the main antagonist in William Shakespeare's ''King Lear''. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger brother of Edgar, the Earl's legitimate son. Early on in the play, Edmund resolves to get rid of his brother, then his father, and become Earl in his own right. He later flirts with both Goneril and Regan and attempts to play them off against each other.
==Origins==
Shakespeare's source for the subplot of Edmund, Edgar and Gloucester was a tale from Philip Sidney's ''Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'' of a blind Paphlagonian king and his two sons, Leonatus and Plexitrus.〔 The name "Edmund" itself means "wealth protector" or "protector of wealth".
Edmund and Edgar were also the names of the sons of Malcolm III of Scotland who killed Macbeth. Historically Edmund of Scotland had betrayed his immediate family to support his uncle Donald III. Following the death of Malcolm III, from being stabbed in the eye, they ordered the killing of Edmund's half brother Duncan II, the rightful heir, to take the Scottish throne. Edgar, Edmund's younger brother, then returned to Scotland and defeated them to become King. Edmund was then sent to an English monastery where he later died. Due to these clear parallels the choice of Edmund and Edgar as names may have been a nod by Shakespeare to the continued story of the Scottish throne following the events of Macbeth.

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