Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of England 
Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of was born in 0943 in Wessex, England. Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of's father was Edmund I "The Magnificent" King of England and his mother was St Alfgifu of England. His paternal grandparents were Edward "The Elder" West Saxon King of England and Eadgifu Meapham; his maternal grandparents were Sigehelm I Earl of Kent and Elfrida. He had a brother named Eadwig (Edwy) King of. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 32 on July 8th, 0975 in Wessex, England.General Notes
Edgar (b. 943/44 - d. 8 July 975), king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year. He was efficient and tolerant of local customs, and his reign was peaceful. He was most important as a patron of the English monastic revival.
The younger son of Edmund I, king of the English, Edgar was made king of the Mercians and Northumbrians in place of Eadwig, his brother, who was deposed. On Eadwig's death (1 Oct 959), Edgar succeeded to the West Saxon throne. His ecclesiastical policy was also that of the archbishop of Canterbury, St. Dunstan, who insisted on strict observance of the Benedictine Rule. The king supported Archbishop Oswald of York and Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester in founding abbeys. Edgar's laws were the first in England to prescribe penalties fro nonpayment of tithes and Peter's pence, the annual contribution made by Roman Catholics for support of the Holy See. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0875 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.0920 in Wessex, England d.26 May 0946 in Pucklechurch, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (killed)
- b.0871 in Kent, England
- b.0896 in Kent, Enlgand d.25 Aug 0968
- b.~ 0876 in Kent, England
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Wessex, England
- b.0871 in Kent, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0944 in Shaftsbury Abbey, England
- b.~ 0876 in Kent, England
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Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of and Elfrida (Aelfthryth) were married in a religious ceremony in 0965 in 2nd husband 2nd wife. They had a son named Aethelred II "The Unready" King of.
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Children
Aethelred II "The Unready" King of England
Aethelred II "The Unready" King of was born about 0968 in Wessex, England. He died on April 23rd, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in St. Paul's, London, England.
Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of and Aethelflaed were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a son named Edward "The Martyr" King of.
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Children
Edward "The Martyr" King of England
Edward "The Martyr" King of was born about 0963 in Wessex, England. He died in Corfe, Taunton, Somerset, England (murdered).
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