King Of England Edgar The Peaceful

  General Notes:

Edgar the Peaceful, King of England

Born: 944
Acceded: 11 MAY 973, Bath Abbey
Died: 8 JUL 975, Winchester, England
Interred: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
Notes:
Reigned 959-975. The first King of a united England. He allowed hisDanish
subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and
encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence byorganising
coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships.
Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973because
St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life.

Father: , Edmund I the Elder, King of England, b. 921


Mother: , AElfgifu (St.)


Married CIR 961 to , AEthelflaeda the Fair


Child 1: , Edward (St.) the Martyr, King of England, b. 963


Associated with , Wulfryth (St), Abbess of Wilton


Child 2: , Eadgyth (St.), Abbess of Barking, b. ABT 962


Married 964 to , Aelfthryth (Elfrida)


Child 3: , Edmund, b. CIR 965
Child 4: , AEthelred II the Unready, King of England, b. ABT 968

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ID: I11299
Name: Edgar "The Peaceable"
NPFX: King Of England
Sex: M
Birth: 942/943 in Wessex,England
Death: 8 JUL 975 in Wessex,England
Burial: St. Dunstan's abbey at Glastonbury
Note:
ANCESTRALFILE: GS4H-P7



ACCEDED: 11 MAY 973, Bath Abbey

BIOGRAPHY: Reigned 959-975. The first King of a united England. Heallowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted amonastic revival and encouraged trade by reforming the currency. Heimproved defence by organising coastal naval patrols and a system formanning warships. Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was notcrowned until 973 because St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury,disaproved of his way of life.



MARRIAGE: 1. Aethelflaed
2. Elfthryth
3. Wulfryth


INFO: Other names for Edgar were MERCIA & NORTHUMBRIA King, ENGLAND King,"The Peaceful", Eadgar and "The Peaceable".

SOURCES: Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted ButlerBernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p84
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth O Morgan, 1986, OxfordUniversity Press p65
A History of the Plantagenets, Vol II, The Magnificent Century, Thomas BCos- tain, 1964, Doubleday & Co, p152
A History of the English Speaking People Winston S Churchill Vol I TheBirth of Britain Dodd Mead & Co p132
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The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions,England 959


REIGNED: reigned 959-975
Change Date: 2 FEB 2004 at 10:10:32

Father: Edmund "The Magnificent" b: Abt 922 in Wessex,England
Mother: Elgiva b: Abt 922 in Wessex,England

Marriage 1 Ælfthryth (Elfrida, Elfthryth) b: 945/947 inDevonshire,England
Married: 965 in Wessex,England
Children
Æthelred (Ethelred) "The Unready" b: 968 in Wessex,England
Edmund b: 966 in Wessex,England
St. Edward "The Martyr" b: Abt 963

Marriage 2 Aethelflaed
Children
Edward "The Saint"

Marriage 3 Wulfryth

St. Edith of Wilton
Feastday: September 16


Edith of Wilton was the daughter of King Edgar of England and Wulfrida.She was born at Kensing, England, and was brought as a very young childto Wilton Abbey by her mother, who later became a nun there and Abbess.Edith became a nun when fifteen, declined her father's offer of threeabbacies, and refused to leave the convent to become queen when herhalf-brother, King Edward the Martyr was murdered, as many of the noblesrequested. She built St. Denis Church at Wilton. Her feast day isSeptember 16.

Edgar married Aelfthryth (Elfrida). (Aelfthryth (Elfrida) was born about 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon, died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England and was buried in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England.)