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Edgar (or Eadgar; [1] c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
Apr 25, 2024 · Edgar (born 943/944—died July 8, 975) was the king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year.
Jun 28, 2017 · Edgar, king in Mercia and the Danelaw from 957, succeeded his brother as king of the English on Edwy's death in 959. His death probably prevented civil war breaking out between the two brothers.
Jun 15, 2023 · King Edgar the Peaceful: The Forgotten Anglo-Saxon Ruler Who Shaped England. Stepping onto the historical stage in a time marked by political turmoil, religious fervour, and social flux, a young and determined figure known as King Edgar the Peaceful etched an indelible mark on the annals of history. Not through conquests and battles, but ...
Jan 6, 2020 · King Edgar the Peaceful was the King of England from 959 to 974. He ruled the northern portion of the divided kingdom during his brother King Eadwig 's reign. After his brother's death, he unified England again and ushered in a time of peace.
Edgar The Aetheling was an Anglo-Saxon prince, who, at the age of about 15, was proposed as king of England after the death of Harold II in the Battle of Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066) but instead served the first two Norman kings, William I, Harold’s conqueror, and William II.
King Edgar came to power in 959, uniting a fractured England and introducing a period of calm and stability, something unheard of in medieval kingship. He was born in 943 to King Edmund I and his first wife, Aelgifu of Shaftesbury.
Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
May 11, 2018 · Edgar (943–75), king of England (959–75). The reign of Edgar as sole king of England marks an important stage in the development of the English monarchy. His coronation at Bath in 973, when the king was in his 30th year, has strong ecclesiastical as well as secular implications, and indeed the ceremony contained elements that formed the ...
King Edgar or Eadgar I (~942 – 8 July 975) was the younger son of King Edmund I of England. He had the nickname, "the Peaceable", but was a stronger king than his elder brother, Edwy. He took the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia from Edwy in 958.
