, Edgar “The Peaceable”

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Edgar "The Peaceable"
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d: 8 JUL 975
Biography
Edgar, king in Mercia and the Danelaw from 957, succeeded his brother asking of the English on Edwy''s death in 959. His death probably preventedcivil war breaking out between the two brothers. Edgar was a firm andcapable ruler whose power was acknowledged by other rulers in Britain, aswell as by Welsh and Scottish kings. Edgar''s late coronation in 973 atBath was the first to be recorded in some detail; his queen Aelfthrythwas the first consort to be crowned queen of England. Edgar was thepatron of a great monastic revival which owed much to his associationwith Archbishop Dunstan. New bishoprics were created, Benedictinemonasteries were reformed and old monastic sites were re-endowed withroyal grants, some of which were of land recovered from the Vikings.
In the 970s and in the absence of Viking attacks, Edgar - a stern judge -issued laws which for the first time dealt with Northumbria (parts ofwhich were in the Danelaw) as well as Wessex and Mercia. Edgar''s coinagewas uniform throughout the kingdom. A more united kingdom based on royaljustice and order was emerging.
The Monastic Agreement (c.970) praised Edgar as ''the glorious, by thegrace of Christ illustrious king of the English and of the other peoplesdwelling within the bounds of the island of Britain''. After his deathon 8 July 975, Edgar was buried at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. [Royal]
Facts
  • 8 JUL 975 - Death -
  • From 959 to 975 - Reign -
  • 973 - Crowned - King of the English ; Bath
Ancestors
   
 
 
Edmund I
ABT 921 - 946
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Edmund I
BirthABT 921
Death946
Marriageto Elgiva
FatherEdward "The Elder"
MotherEdgiva
PARENT (F) Elgiva
Birth
Death
Marriageto Edmund I
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MEdgar "The Peaceable"
Birth
Death8 JUL 975
Marriageto Elfrida
Marriageto Ethelfleda
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Edgar "The Peaceable"
Birth
Death8 JUL 975
Marriageto Elfrida
Marriageto Ethelfleda
FatherEdmund I
MotherElgiva
PARENT (F) Elfrida
Birth
Death
Marriageto Edgar "The Peaceable"
FatherOrdgar
Mother?
CHILDREN
MEthelred "The Unready" II
BirthABT 972
Death1016
Marriageto Elfgifu
Marriageto Emma
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Edgar "The Peaceable"
Birth
Death8 JUL 975
Marriageto Elfrida
Marriageto Ethelfleda
FatherEdmund I
MotherElgiva
PARENT (F) Ethelfleda
Birth
Death
Marriageto Edgar "The Peaceable"
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
Evidence
[S240]Official Web Site of the British Monarchy, The
Descendancy Chart
Edgar "The Peaceable" d: 8 JUL 975
Ethelred "The Unready" II b: ABT 972 d: 1016
Edmund II d: NOV 1016
Agatha b: BEF 1030 d: AFT 1070
Margaret Of Scotland b: ABT 1045 d: 16 NOV 1093
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada b: ABT 1031 d: 13 NOV 1093
Henry of Scotland b: 1114 d: 1152
Ada de Warenne b: ABT 1120 d: 1178
Ada b: ABT 1146 d: AFT 1206
Adelaide of Guelders b: ABT 1182 d: 1218
Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135
Henry II of England b: 5 MAR 1133 d: 6 JUL 1189
John of England b: 24 DEC 1167 d: 19 OCT 1216
Isabella of Angoulême b: 1188 d: 31 MAY 1246
10 Henry III b: 1 OCT 1207 d: 16 NOV 1272
Isabel of Gloucester b: 1173 d: 14 OCT 1217
10 Richard FitzRoy b: ABT 1190 d: JUN 1246
Alfonso VIII of Castile b: 11 NOV 1155 d: 5 OCT 1214
Alfonso IX of León b: 15 AUG 1171 d: 23/24 SEP 1230
Emma