Edgar the Peaceful 
Edgar the was born in 0944. Edgar the's father was Edmund I the Elder and his mother was Elfgifu. His paternal grandfather was Edward "The Elder" King Of England. He was an only child. He died in Winchester, England. He was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.General Notes
Reigned 959-975. The first King of a united England. He allowed his Danish
subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and
encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence by organising
coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships.
Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973 because
St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0784 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in England
- b.~ 0788 in Wessex, England
- b.0848 in Wantage, Dorset, England d.26 OCT 901 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0785 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.0849
- b.0869 d.17 JUL 925 in Farndon-On-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, , England d.5 DEC 905
- b.0921 d.26 MAY 946 in Pucklechurch, Dorset
- b.0944 d.8 JUL 975 in Winchester, England
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Details of Edgar the's family with Elfrida
Source/Citation
University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, copyright 1994, 1995, 1996.
University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, copyright 1994, 1995, 1996.
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