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Edgar, King of England

King of the English (r. 959–975)

9 dated entries naming Edgar, King of England, drawn from 8 separate years between 943 CE and 1000 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Edgar the Peaceful, King Edgar the Peaceful in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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10th century

  • 943Edgar I (the Peaceful), king of England (approximate date)source
  • 957Mercia 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).source
  • 959October 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.source
  • 967Re-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).source
  • 973Edgar 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.source
  • 974King Edgar I gives English help to Prince Hywel in ousting his uncle, King Iago of Gwynedd from his kingdom.source
  • 975July 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.source
  • 975July 8 – Edgar I (the Peaceful), king of Englandsource
  • 1000Ælfthryth, English queen and wife of King Edgar the Peaceful (approximate date)source

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