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GIVN Edgar
SURN England
NPFX The Peaceful

GIVN Edgar "The Peacable", King Of
SURN ENGLAND
AFN GS4H-P7
REPO @@REPO1097@@
TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
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DATE 9 OCT 2000
TIME 22:01:54

EVEN
TYPE Acceded
DATE 11 MAY 973
PLAC Bath AbbeyReigned 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.

GIVN Edgar, the Peaceful
NSFX King of ENG
ABBR Gary Boyd Roberts Book
TITL Via a gedcom from Compuserve by Jack McDonald which gave the rather extensive Maybary line
AUTH Gary Boyd Roberts
ABBR Gary Boyd Roberts Book


Known as "Edgar the Peaceful".

OCCU King of England 959-975..
SOUR Anglo-Saxon England, Sir Frank Stenton, p. 364;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 171;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 108
SOUR Anglo-Saxon England, Sir Frank Stenton, p. 372;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 171;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 110
SOUR COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
SOUR COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots)
Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 172,189
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 171
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Became king after the death of his brother Eadwig; Died suddenly - ?; Edgar the Pacific of England - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve), #752
EDGAR, son of EDMUND I and AELFGIFU, was King of the English (957-975). His reign was one of orderly prosperity.  He initiated widespred monastic reforms and granted practical autonomy to the Danes in Egnland in return for their lyalty.  His son was AEthelred the Unready. - Encyclopedia, p. 252
Edgar the Peaceful, 2nd son of Edmund, ruled all English 959-975 - RULERS.ENG (Compuserve)
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 Acceded 944 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000099.html#I1416
Sometimes spelled Eadger - Encyclopedia, p. 252
Edgar the Peaceful - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 172

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DATE 22 MAY 2000