, Edgar

Birth Name Edgar 1a
Gramps ID I6845
Gender male
Age at Death 32 years, 6 months, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E8284] 943 Wessex  
1b
Death [E8285] 975-07-08    
1c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father of England, Edmund I [I6844]921946-05-26
Mother , Alfgifu [I7449]about 920
    Sister     of England, Adiva [I8271]
         , Edgar [I6845] 943 975-07-08

Families

    Family of , Edgar and , Elfrida [F3870]
Married Wife , Elfrida [I7447] ( * 945 + 1000 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E29610] 965    
1d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
the Unready, Aethelred II [I6846]9681016

Narrative

[charlemegne.FTW]

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.

Narrative

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I6845:

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Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 2967161220
 

Pedigree

  1. of England, Edmund I [I6844]
    1. , Alfgifu [I7449]
      1. of England, Adiva [I8271]
      2. , Edgar
        1. , Elfrida [I7447]
          1. the Unready, Aethelred II [I6846]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. charlemegne.FTW [S159427]
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