Edgar King 
Edgar King was born in 0942 in Wessex,England. Edgar King's father was I Edmund King and his mother was Aelgifu. His paternal grandparents were Edward The Elder King and Eadgifu Of Kent. He was an only child. He died at the age of 33 in 0975. He was buried in Glastonbury Abbey,Somerset.1 General Notes
1 BIRT
2 DATE 944
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 JUL 975
2 PLAC Winchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 JUL 975
2 PLAC WInchester, England
King of England, Crowned 959King of England, Crowned 959
Born: 944
Acceded: 11 MAY 973, Bath Abbey
Died: 8 JUL 975, Winchester, England
Interred: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
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.0775 in King of Wessex,802-827 d.19 NOV 838 in (after)
- b.~ 0800 in Wessex,England d.0855
- b.0849 in Wantage,Berkshire d.0899
- b.0785
- b.0810 d.0855
- b.0869 in Wessex,England d.17 JUL 924 in Fardon-on-Dee
- b.~ 0792
- b.~ 0822 d.0866
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia d.5 DEC 905 in St. Mary's Abbey,Wincester,Dorset,England
- b.~ 0792
- b.0830
- b.0921 in Wessex,England d.26 MAY 946 in Pucklechurch,Dorset
- b.0871 in Kent,England
- b.0896 in Kent,England d.25 AUG 968
- b.0942 in Wessex,England d.0975
- d.~ 0944
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Edgar King and Aelfthryth were married in a religious ceremony in 0964. They had a son named II.
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Children
II Ethelred King
II was born about 0968. He died on April 23rd, 1016 in London,England. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral,London,England.
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