of England Edgar "the Peaceful"

943 - 975  (31 years)

• Name	Edgar "the Peaceful"
  Title	of England
  Birth	7 Aug 943	Kent, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  MARRIED+FOR+THE+1ST+TIME%2C+BEFORE+BECOMING+KING	Abt 957
  	About 957, before he ascended the throne, Edgar married Æthelflæd, daughter of Ealdorman Ordmaer. They had 1 child before her death in 962. His 3rd wife spread rumors that they were never married.
  Title of Nobility	From 959 to 975
  	King of England
  REIGN+AS+KING+OF+ENGLAND	From 1 October 0959 to 8 July 0975
  ABDUCTED+WULFTHRYTH+FROM+WILTON+ABBEY+	962	Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  	In 962 King Edgar carried off 24 year old Wulfthryth from the nunnery at Wilton Abbey. He took to his residence at Kemsing, near Sevenoaks. Bride abduction was a common practice of the time and Wulfthryth was never a captive.
  RETURNED+WULFTHRYTH+TO+WILTON+ABBEY	964	Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  	After 2 years of marriage and the birth of a daughter, Edith, Edgar repented stealing Wulfthryth away from her religious devotions and returned her (and their small daughter) to Wilton Abbey. He also paid great amounts of restitution and support.
  PRECEDENT+MAKING+CORONATION	973	Bath, Somerset, England
  	Not at the beginning of his reign but at it's pinnacle, Edgar was crowned King of England at Bath in a ceremony that set the basis for coronations to this day. In another precedent, he also had Ælfthryth anointed Queen, the first English consort to be a
  _FSFTID	938W-39J
  Death	8 Jul 975	Glastonbury, Somerset, England
  Burial	8 Jul 975	Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I38710	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	of England Edmund "The Magnificent",   b. 921, Wessex d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England (Age 25 years)
  Mother	Elgiva England,   b. Abt 922, Wessex d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F17096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	of England Ælfthryth,   b. Abt 945, Lydford, Devon, England d. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	964	England
  Children	1. of Wessex Edmund Æthling,   b. 966, Wessex d. 971, Wessex (Age 5 years)   2. King of the English Æthelred 'the Unready' of Wessex,   b. 19 Mar 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F15881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023