{"slug": "edgar-king-of-england", "label": "Edgar, King of England", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%2C_King_of_England", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192925", "qid": "Q192925", "description": "King of the English (r. 959–975)", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [943, 1000], "span_label": ["943 CE", "1000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Edgar the Peaceful", "King Edgar the Peaceful"], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dunstan", "label": "Dunstan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "winchester", "label": "Winchester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-of-flanders", "label": "County of Flanders", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-thames", "label": "River Thames", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 943, "year_label": "943 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Edgar I (the Peaceful), king of England (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916983#Births", "title": "943", "revid": 1364916983, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 957, "year_label": "957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Mercia and Northumbria rebel against King Eadwig and switch their allegiance to his brother Edgar. The English nobles (in support of the church) agree to divide the kingdom along the Thames River, with Eadwig keeping Wessex and Kent in the south and Edgar ruling in the north. Edgar's advisers recall Dunstan from Flanders (see 956).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512729#England", "title": "957", "revid": 1341512729, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 959, "year_label": "959 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – King Eadwig dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his 16-year-old brother Edgar I (the Peaceful), who effectively completes the unification of England, when Northumbria submits to his rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512808#England", "title": "959", "revid": 1341512808, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Re-foundation of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire by King Edgar I (the Peaceful). He appoints Merewenna, an English noblewoman, as abbess who becomes a foster mother to Princess Ælfflæd (a step-daughter of Edgar).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Religion", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 973, "year_label": "973 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Edgar I (the Peaceful) is crowned king during a royal ceremony at Bath by Archbishop Dunstan. In a council at Chester, Lothian (a region of the Lowlands) is ceded to Scotland, in return for fealty from King Kenneth II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354273404#Britain", "title": "973", "revid": 1354273404, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 974, "year_label": "974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Edgar I gives English help to Prince Hywel in ousting his uncle, King Iago of Gwynedd from his kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513416#England", "title": "974", "revid": 1341513416, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 975, "year_label": "975 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – King Edgar I (the Peaceful) dies at Winchester after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his 12-year-old son Edward the Martyr as ruler of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513424#England", "title": "975", "revid": 1341513424, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 975, "year_label": "975 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Edgar I (the Peaceful), king of England", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513424#Deaths", "title": "975", "revid": 1341513424, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ælfthryth, English queen and wife of King Edgar the Peaceful (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Deaths", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Deaths"}}]}