Edgar the Peaceful, King of England b. 944 d. 8 Jul 975 Winchester, England: Cook Ancestry

944 - 975 (31 years)

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Name	Edgar the Peaceful [1]
Suffix	King of England
Birth	944
Gender	Male
Acceded	11 May 973	Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England
Death	8 Jul 975	Winchester, England
Burial	Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
Notes	Acceded: 11 MAY 973, Bath Abbey 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 organis ing coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships. Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973 beca use St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01779
Person ID	I5171	Glenn Cook Family
Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

Father	Edmund I the Elder, King of England, b. 921 d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Dorset, England (Age 25 years)
Mother	AElfgifu (St.) d. Abt 944
Family ID	F1614	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 AEthelflaeda the Fair d. 965

Marriage Abt 961

Children

1. Edward (St.) the Martyr, King of England, b. 963 d. 18 Mar 978, Corfe Castle, Dorset

(Age 15 years)

Family ID F1611 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Nov 2006

Family 2 Wulfryth (St), Abbess of Wilton, b. Abt 945 d. 1000 (Age ~ 55 years)

Marriage Type: Associated with

_STAT Associated with

Children

1. Eadgyth (St.), Abbess of Barking, b. Abt 962 d. 984 (Age ~ 22 years)

Family ID F1610 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Nov 2006

Family 3 Aelfthryth (Elfrida), b. Abt 945 d. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire (Age ~ 57 years)

Marriage 964

Children

	1. Edmund, b. Abt 965 d. 970 (Age ~ 5 years)
	2. AEthelred II the Unready, King of England, b. Abt 968 d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Greater London, England (Age ~ 48 years)

Family ID F1609 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Jun 2013

[S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).