Edgar King of England

Male 943 - 975  (32 years)


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  • Name Edgar,   [1
    Title King of England 
    Birth 943  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Jul 975  Winchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Glastonbury Abbey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • [dunbar_tree.FTW]

      Coronation delayed (because Archbishop Dunstan disapproved his lifestyle) until 973 (at Bath);
      with Dunstan he reformed monastic houses on Rule of St.Benedict; m. (1) Aethelflaed ("the
      white duck"), dau. of Earl Ormaer, & had Edward the Martyr; m. (2) Aelfthryth, dau. of Earl
      Ordgar, & had Aethelred II; also had daughter, Eadgyth (St.), Abbess of Barking, b. ca. 962,
      by Wulthryth, "an inmate of the convent at Wilton", who declined marriage. Edgar's reign "is
      often regarded as the highest point of effective power reached by the Old English monarchy...a
      time of peace for the greater part of England." He is fame is due "to his lavish patronage of
      the church, and to the encouragement which he gave to the great men, Dunstan, Ethelwold, and
      Oswald, who in his reign were reviving monastic life in England." {-Encycl.Brit.,'56,8:484.}
      Edgar reigned from October, 959 to 975. Edgar's reign is the setting of "The King's
      Henchman," a play by Edna St.Vincent Millay (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927).
    Person ID I1300  Bratt Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2015 

    Father Edmund, King of England "The Magnificent" I,   b. 921   d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Mother Elgiva, Saint   d. 944 
    Marriage Y  [1
    • his first of two
    Family ID F681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Devonshire, Aelfthryth of,   b. 945, Lydford Castle, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 965  [1
    • his second marriage
    Children 
    +1. Aethelred, King of England II,   b. 968   d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
      Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003