Edgar (son of Edmund and Aelfgifu)1181 was born 943 in Wessex, England, and died July 08, 975 in Wessex, England. He married Aelfthryth on 964 in Wessex, England, daughter of Ordgar.
Notes for Edgar: Became King October 959 after the death of his brother. Known as Edgar "the peaceable" he was king of the English from 959-975.
"He obtained by God's grace the whole dominion of England and brought back to unity the divisions of the kingdom and ruled everything so prosperously that those who had lived in former times and remembered his ancestors and knew their deeds of old, wondered very greatly " Aethelwold's translation of the Rule of St. Benedict
Handsome and charming, short, slim and strong, Edgar was the younger son of King Edmund I (939-46) and Queen Aelgifu, and was probably brought up at the court of his uncle King Eadred (946-55) and his brother King Eadwig (955-9). Choseen king in Mercia and the Danelaw in 957, it was only when Eadwig died that he was proclaimed king of tall the English. His reputation among European rulers and in the Middle Ages rested partly on his association with Archbishop Dunstan, and his patronage of Bishops Aethelwold and Oswald and the monastic reform movement, the Regularis concordia (monastic agreement c1970) praised him as "the glorious, by the grace of Christ, illustrious king of the English and of the other peoples dwelling withing the bounds of the island of Britain." He was spared Viking attacks and so was able to treat the south and "the Danelaw" as integral parts of his kingdom. He led an expedition against the king of Gwynedd (968) and established friendly relations with Kenneth II by ceding Lothian; he conciliated his Danish subjects by employing some in his service. Edgar's dominion was signalled by a series of self-concious acts (c973) his coronation at Bath which was reminiscent of the crowning of his kinsman, Otto the Great, as German emperor (952) and the formal submission of British, Scotish and Welsh kngs at Chester, where they supposedly rowed him on the Dee. He raised new fleets (shipfyrd) and was remembered as having sailed round his kingdom every winter and spring! His coinage (c.973) was uniform throughout the realm and used as a model during the next two centuries. A stern and uncompromising judge, he instilled order in the realm and promoted effective government. Yet, when he died, a succession dispute arose on behalf of his two sons, one of whom, Edward "the martyr" , was murdered (978).
More About Edgar: Record Change: January 24, 2002
More About Edgar and Aelfthryth: Marriage: 964, Wessex, England.
Children of Edgar and Aelfthryth are:
+Aethelred, b. 968, Wessex, England, d. April 23, 1016, London, England.
"The Peacable" Edgar (b. 943, d. July 08, 975)
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