Edgar 'the Peaceful' 
Edgar 'the was born in 0944 in Wessex, England. Edgar 'the's father was Edmund I "The Magnificent' and his mother was Ælfgifu Elgiva , " The Fairies Gift". His paternal grandparents were Edward the Elder and Ædgifu (Edgiva) of Kent. He had a brother named Edwy (Ædwig) 'the. He was the younger of the two children. He died in Wessex, England.General Notes
Edgar, called The Peaceful (944-75), Saxon king of the English (959-75), younger son of King Edmund I. In 957, during the rule of his brother, King Edwy, Edgar was chosen by the Mercians and Northumbrians to be their sovereign. One of his first acts was to recall the monastic reformer St. Dunstan, whom Edwy had exiled; Edgar subsequently made Dunstan bishop of Worcester and London and archbishop of Canterbury. In 959 Edgar succeeded to the entire English Kingdom. His reign was notable for the establishment of national consolidation, reformation of the clergy, improvement of the judiciary system, and formation of a fleet to defend the coast against the Scandinavian Vikings.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0769 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838/39 in Wessex, England
- b.0795 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0767 in Wessex, England d.0839
- b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0780 in Isle of Wright
- b.~ 0810
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England
- b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
- b.~ 0871 in Kent, England
- b.~ 0896 in Kent, England
- b.0944 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex, England d.~ 0944
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They had two sons named Edmund. Prince of and Æthelred II 'The.
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Children
Æthelred II 'The Unready'
Æthelred II 'The was born about 0968 in Wessex, England. He died on April 23rd, 1016 in London, England. He was buried in St. Paul's, London, England.
They had a son named Edward 'the.
They had a daughter named Princess of England.
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