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EDGAR I, King of the English 959-975

YearDay/MonthTitle
Eadred (946 - 959)
946May 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.
 
Edgar (959 - 975)
972 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.
 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.
 
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.
May 11 Coronation of King Edgar
 King Edgar was crowned at Bath Abbey.
 
Edward the Martyr (975 - 978)
975Jul 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.

See Also

EDWARD The Martyr, King of the English 975-978
Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund
Elfthyrth
Wulfryth
Ethelflead
 Peterborough Cathedral
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