Edgar 
Edgar was born in 0943 in Wessex.1 Edgar's father was Edmund I of England and his mother was Alfgifu. His paternal grandparents were Edward the Elder and Eadgifu. He had a sister named Adiva. He had a half-brother named Edgar the.1 General Notes
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Edgar the Peaceable.
Edgar, the Peaceful, King of England, 959-975
Edgar (b. 943/944--d. July 8, 975), king of the Mercians and Nor thumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wesse x, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year . He was efficient and tolerant of local customs, and his reig n was peaceful. He was most important as a patron of the Englis h monastic revival. The younger son of Edmund I, king of the Eng lish, Edgar was made king of the Mercians and Northumbrians in p lace of Eadwig, his brother, who was deposed. On Eadwig's deat h (Oct. 1, 959), Edgar succeeded to the West Saxon throne. His e cclesiastical policy was also that of the archbishop of Canterbu ry, St. Dunstan, who insisted on strict observance of the Benedi ctine Rule. The king supported Archbishop Oswald of York and Bis hop Aethelwold of Winchester in founding abbeys. Edgar's laws we re the first in England to prescribe penalties for nonpayment o f tithes and Peter's pence, the annual contribution made by Roma n Catholics for support of the Holy See.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0775 d.AFT. 19 NOV 838
- d.0858
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 901 in England
- b.0900 d.0924
- d.~ 0905
- b.0921 d.26 MAY 946 in Pucklechurch, England
- d.25 AUG 968
- b.0943 in Wessex d.8 JUL 975
- b.~ 0920
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