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 921 - 946 (25 years)
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| Name |
England, Edgar "The Peaceful" King of [1] |
| Title |
King of England |
| Birth |
920/21 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
946 [1] |
| Person ID |
I5851 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Father |
England, King of England Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of, b. 920/21, Wessex, England  d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Glastonbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 25 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
of England, Saint Ælfgifu (Elgiva) Princess, b. Abt 922, Wessex, England d. 944, Shaflebury Abbey, Dorset, England (Age 22 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F1977 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
of England, Ælfthryth (Elfrida) Queen, b. 945 d. 1000 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
964 |
Wessex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Edmund, Prince of England, b. Abt 966, Wessex, England d. 970, Wessex, England (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. England, King of England Æthelred II King of, b. Abt 968, Of, Wessex, England d. 23 Apr 1016, , London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F2597 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
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| Notes |
Edgar was made King of Mercia and Northumbria in 957 and succeed to the throne of Wessex at his brother, Eadwig's, death in 959. With this, Edgar was King of Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex (the three most powerful kingdoms in England at that time), simultaneously and could be considered the first ruler of a United England. Some of his predecessors were Kings of All England by virtue of being King of Wessex and, at the same time, enjoying a temporary military ascendancy over the other kingdoms.
He was formally crowned in 973 and received the ceremonial submission of all the other kings in Britain. He wisely recalled (St.) Dunstan from exile and made him Archbishop of Canterbury and his closest personal advisor. His reign was prosperous and peaceful and he is generally credited with the revival of the English church.
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- [S1027] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).
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