Edgar "The Peaceful" 
Edgar "The was born in 0943 in Wessex, England. Edgar "The's father was Edmund I "The Magnificent" and his mother was Saint Aelfgifu. His paternal grandparents were Edward "The Elder" and Eadgifu Edgiva Of Kent. He was an only child. He died in Wessex , England.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> " King Of England
Name Suffix:<NSFX> King Of England
Edgar (b. 943/944--d. July 8, 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 (Oct. 1, 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 for nonpayment of tithes and Peter's pence, the annual contribution made by Roman Catholics for support of the Holy See. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, EDGAR]
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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.0775 in Wessex , England d.4 Feb 837-838 in Wessex , England
- b.~ 0806 in Wessex , England d.13 Jan 856-857
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0510 d.> 0876
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 924 in Farndon-On-Dee
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.5 Dec 905
- b.~ 0792
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex, England d.26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0896 in Kent, England d.25 Aug 968
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 Jul 976 in Wessex , England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex , England d.0944
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They had a son named Aethelred II King Of.
Family Notes
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Children
Aethelred II King Of England
Aethelred II 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 Cathedral, London, England.
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