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944

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Died

975

Buried At

Glastonbury

Royal House

Wessex

dgar became King of Mercia and Northumbria from 957 and King of Wessex from October 959 making him ruler of the three most important areas of Britain. Edgar was formally crowned in 973 and recalled Bishop Dunstan from exile making him Archbishop of Canterbury and his chief advisor. Edgar married Ethelflead, Wulfthryth, and Elfthryth. Edgar kept his reign free from invasion which may have been due to links with the royal houses abroad. Five of his father's sisters were married to the heads of foreign countries including the Germans and Vikings.

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Preceded by
EADWIG (King of the English 955-959)

Succeeded by
EDWARD (The Martyr, King of the English 975-978)

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Father:	EDMUND (I, King of the English 939-946) (b.922 - d.946)
Mother:	Aelfgifu ( - d.944)

EDGAR (I, King of the English 959-975) (b.944 - d.975)
         +Ethelflead
         |        =EDWARD (The Martyr, King of the English 975-978) (b.962 - d.978)
         +Wulfryth
         +Elfthyrth (b.945 - d.1000)
                  =Edmund (b.965 - )
                  =AETHELRED (II The Unready, King of the English 978-1013, 1014-1016) (b.967 - d.1016)
                           +Aelfgifu
                           |        =Aethelstan (son of Aethelred)
                           |        =Egbert
                           |        =EDMUND (II Ironside, King of the English 1016) (b.981 - d.1016)
                           |        |        +Ealdgyth (b.963 - d.1017)
                           |        |                 =Edward (The Exile) (b.1016 - d.1057)
                           |        |                          +Agatha (of Brunswick)
                           |        |                                   =Edgar (The Aetheling) ( - d.1126)
                           |        |                                   =Margaret (St. Margaret of Scotland) ( - d.1093)
                           |        =Eadred
                           |        =Eadwig
                           |        =Edgar
                           +Emma (of Normandy, Wife of Aethelred) (b.982 - d.1052)
                                    =EDWARD (The Confessor, King of England 1042-1066) (b.1003 - d.1066)
                                    |        +Edith (Daughter of Godwine)
                                    =Alfred (Second son of Aethelred) ( - d.1036)
                                    =Godgifu (Daughter of Aethelred)
                                             +Eustace (II, Count of Boulogne) ( - d.1093)

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946	May	Eadred becomes King of Wessex
		Eadred became King of Wessex. He followed his brother Edmund who was murdered. Edmund left two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, who were both too young to rule.
972		Consecration of Peterborough Abbey
		Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Oswald, the Archbishop of York, consecrated the abbey at Peterborough in the presence of King Edgar.
		Pershore Abbey charter confirmed
		The rule of Benedictine was introduced to the abbey by St Oswald, the Bishop of Worcester. King Edgar confirmed the estates that the abbey owned.
973		Edgar's water-pageant
		Edgar arranged a water-pageant on the river Dee where he was rowed from Chester to the Minster of St. John by eight kings including Kenneth of Scotland, Malcolm of Cumberland, Maccus of the Isles and five welsh princes. Edgar held a festival in the honour of St. John but more likely to show his superiority over the other kings.¹
	May 11	Coronation of King Edgar
		King Edgar was crowned at Bath Abbey.
975	Jul	Edward becomes king
		Edward, the eldest son of Edgar, became the king of the English at the age of fourteen when his father died. Dunstan became his guardian.