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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls him "the deed-doer"; Florence of Worcester
calls him "Edmundus magnificus"; "buried at Glastonbury, an abbey which he had
entrusted in 943 to the famous Dunstan" {-Encycl.Brit., 1956 Ed., 7:962}. He
reigned 940-946. He regained northern England and Strathclyde from the
Vikings and gave Strathclyde to his ally Malcolm I MacDonald, King of Scots.
Edmund I is known as a legal reformer, especially for his restrictions on the
"blood feud." An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him at a banquet to St. Augustine.

Family/Spouse: Elgiva, Saint. Saint died in 944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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).

married Devonshire, Aelfthryth of in 965. Aelfthryth was born in 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called "The Unready" (i.e. without rede or counsel); tried to buy off
Danish invaders led by Sweyn; finally assembled large navy but internal
dissent undermined effective deployment; Encycl. Britannica, 1956 Ed.
(1:275) states: "Weak, self-indulgent, improvident, he had pursued a policy
of opportunism to a fatal conclusion." He reigned 979-1016.

II married Elfleda in 985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia III on Yes, date unknown. III (son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia III and Godiva, Lady of Mercia) died in 1059. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Betrayed by ealdorman Edric when Canute invaded England, Edmund struggled
unsuccessfully to reunite the country. Finally a division was arranged
whereby Canute took the north and Edmund the south. He reigned only from
his father's death 23 April 1016 to his own death (possibly by foul play)
30 October 1016. His wife, Ealgyth, was widow of Sigeferth, son of Earngrim.

II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]