Edgar I The Peaceful …Age: 31 years944–975
- Name
- Edgar I The Peaceful …
- Given names
- Edgar I The Peaceful
| Birth | 944 23 |
| Death of a mother | St. Alfgifu (Evgiva) … about 944 |
| Death of a father | Edmund I The Magnificent … May 26, 946 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eadgifu (Edgiva) Of Kent … 961 (Age 17 years) |
| Marriage | Elfthryth (Elfrida) … — View this family 964 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Aethelred II The Unready … about 968 (Age 24 years) |
| Acceded | May 11, 973 (Age 29 years) |
| Death | July 8, 975 (Age 31 years) |
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| Family with parents |
| father |
Edmund I The Magnificent … Birth: 921 46 25 Death: May 26, 946 — Pucklechurch, Avon, England |
| mother |
St. Alfgifu (Evgiva) … Death: about 944 |
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Marriage: before 940 — |
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5 years himself |
Edgar I The Peaceful … Birth: 944 23 Death: July 8, 975 — Winchester, England |
| Family with Elfthryth (Elfrida) … |
| himself |
Edgar I The Peaceful … Birth: 944 23 Death: July 8, 975 — Winchester, England |
| wife |
Elfthryth (Elfrida) … Birth: about 945 — Lydford Castle, Devon Death: November 17, 1002 — Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire |
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Marriage: 964 — |
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5 years son |
Aethelred II The Unready … Birth: about 968 24 23 Death: April 23, 1016 — London, England |
- Generation 1
Edgar I The Peaceful …, son of Edmund I The Magnificent … and St. Alfgifu (Evgiva) …, was born in 944 and died on July 8, 975 in Winchester, England at the age of 31. He married Elfthryth (Elfrida) …, daughter of Ordgar Of Devon …, in 964. She was born about 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon and died on November 17, 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire.
Children of Edgar I The Peaceful … and Elfthryth (Elfrida) …:
- Aethelred II The Unready … (968–1016)
- Generation 2back to top
Aethelred II The Unready …, son of Edgar I The Peaceful … and Elfthryth (Elfrida) …, was born about 968 and died on April 23, 1016 in London, England. He married Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … about 985. She was born about 963 and died in February 1002 in Winchester, England.
Children of Aethelred II The Unready … and Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria …:
- Edmund II Ironside … (989–1016)
- Generation 3back to top
Edmund II Ironside …, son of Aethelred II The Unready … and Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria …, was born in 989 and died on November 30, 1016 in Killed at the age of 27. He married Ealdgyth Of Northumbria … in 1015 in Malmsbury, Wiltshire. She was born about 995.
Children of Edmund II Ironside … and Ealdgyth Of Northumbria …:
- Edward (The Outlaw-Exile) Atheling (1016–1057)
| Shared note | 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. |