Edgar I of England

• Preferred Name: Edgar I of England^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Coronation: 959 in England with note: Description: King
  
• Birth: 7 AUG 943 in Hampshire, England at LATI: N1.0786 LONG: E1.317
  
• ABDUCTED+WULFTHRYTH+FROM+WILTON+ABBEY+: 962 in Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire, England with note: Description: 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfthryth_of_Wilton
  
• Burial: AFT 8 JUL 975 in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.1467 LONG: E2.7153
  
• REIGN+AS+KING+OF+ENGLAND: BET 1 OCT 959 AND 8 JUL 975
  
• PRECEDENT+MAKING+CORONATION: 973 in Bath, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.3786 LONG: E2.3599 with note: Description: 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 anointed Queen, all before her were Queen Consorts with no authority
  
• RETURNED+WULFTHRYTH+TO+WILTON+ABBEY: 964 in Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire, England with note: Description: 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfthryth_of_Wilton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Abbey#Wulfthryth_era
  
• FSID: 938W-39J
  
• MARRIED+FOR+THE+1ST+TIME,+BEFORE+BECOMING+KING: ABT 957 with note: Description: 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.
  
• Death: 8 JUL 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England at LATI: N1.0629 LONG: E1.3148
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār; c. 943-8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death. He was the younger son of Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, and came to the throne as a teenager, following the death of his older brother Eadwig. As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. His most trusted advisor was Dunstan, whom he recalled from exile and made Archbishop of Canterbury. The pinnacle of Edgar's reign was his coronation at Bath in 973, which was organised by Dunstan and forms the basis for the current coronation ceremony. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed.
  
  Edgar was the son of Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Upon the death of King Edmund in 946, Edgar's uncle, Eadred, ruled until 955. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, Edmund's eldest son.
  
  Early Years-
  
  Eadwig was not a popular king, and his reign was marked by conflict with nobles and the Church, primarily St Dunstan and Archbishop Oda. In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar. A conclave of nobles declared Edgar as king of the territory north of the Thames. Edgar became King of England upon Eadwig's death in October 959, aged just 16.
  
  Government -
  
  One of Edgar's first actions was to recall Dunstan from exile and have him made Bishop of Worcester (and subsequently Bishop of London and later, Archbishop of Canterbury). Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign. ...His reign was peaceful. The Kingdom of England was well established, and Edgar consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors. By the end of his reign, England was sufficiently unified in that it was unlikely to regress back to a state of division among rival kingships, as it had to an extent under the reign of Eadred. William Blackstone mentions that King Edgar standardised measure throughout the realm. According to George Molyneaux, Edgar's reign, "far more than the reigns of either Alfred or Æthelstan, was probably the most pivotal phase in the development of the institutional structures that were fundamental to royal rule in the eleventh-century kingdom". Indeed, an early eleventh century king Cnut the Great states in a letter to his subjects that ''it is my will that all the nation, ecclesiastical and lay, shall steadfastly observe Edgar's laws, which all men have chosen and sworn at Oxford'
  
  Marriages and children :
  
  Edgar is known to have had 3 relationships that produced children.
  His first wife (or consort) was Æthelflæd Eneda (the 'white duck'), daughter of Ealdorman Ordmaer, who acquired land in Devon. They married sometime before he became king, about 957. Together they had one son:
  ~Edward the Martyr (born c. 962 - died 978)
  
  Wulfthryth of Wilton, who was educated at Wilton Abbey became his second consort. It is disputed whether they married, but Barbara Yorke argues that they did. Edgar removed Wulfthryth from Wilton Abbey, some sources say abducted, in 962 and returned her to Wilton Abbey by 964, she then took vows and became Abbess. Edgar and Wulfthryth had one daughter, who is said to have returned with her mother to the abbey:
  ~Edith of Wilton also known as Saint Edith.
  
  About 964/965 Edgar married again, his third relationship, to Ælfthryth, widow of Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia, Edgar's adopted brother. Ælfthryth was the daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar and his wife, a member of the royal family of Wessex. Legend has it that Edgar heard of Ælfthryth's great beauty and sent Æthelwald to arrange marriage for him (Edgar) but Æthelwald instead married her himself. In retaliation Æthelwald was killed 'in a hunting accident' and Edgar married her as he had wanted. It is not known if this is true or simply romantic fiction. Edgar and Ælfthryth had two sons:
  ~Edmund Atheling (born c. 966 - died c.970)
  ~Æthelred the Unready (born c. 968 - d. 23 April 1016)
  
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  King Edgar I
  Edgar, king in Mercia and the Danelaw from 957, succeeded his brother as king of the English on Edwy's death in 959. His death probably prevented civil war breaking out between the two brothers.
  
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  Important Events
  English king and patron of St. Dunstan, who served as his counselor. England underwent a religious revival in his reign, and he is venerated at Glastonbury.
  
  King of England, Edgar the Peaceable
  While Edgar was probably a good enough king in his way for the time, he failed to build a strong enough army or to prepare his son for a possible invasion. This was a big mistake for his people and hi
  
  Edgar the Peaceful (Wikipedia)
  Edgar the Peaceful
  Anglo-Saxon king of England
  Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār, [æːɑdɣɑːr]; c. 943 - 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death. He wa
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār; c. 943—8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death. He was the younger son of Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, and came to the throne as a teenager, following the death of his older brother Eadwig. As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. His most trusted advisor was Dunstan, whom he recalled from exile and made Archbishop of Canterbury. The pinnacle of Edgar's reign was his coronation at Bath in 973, which was organised by Dunstan and forms the basis for the current coronation ceremony. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed.
  
  Edgar was the son of Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Upon the death of King Edmund in 946, Edgar's uncle, Eadred, ruled until 955. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, Edmund's eldest son.
  
  Early Years-
  
  Eadwig was not a popular king, and his reign was marked by conflict with nobles and the Church, primarily St Dunstan and Archbishop Oda. In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar. A conclave of nobles declared Edgar as king of the territory north of the Thames. Edgar became King of England upon Eadwig's death in October 959, aged just 16.
  
  Government -
  
  One of Edgar's first actions was to recall Dunstan from exile and have him made Bishop of Worcester (and subsequently Bishop of London and later, Archbishop of Canterbury). Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign. ...His reign was peaceful. The Kingdom of England was well established, and Edgar consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors. By the end of his reign, England was sufficiently unified in that it was unlikely to regress back to a state of division among rival kingships, as it had to an extent under the reign of Eadred. William Blackstone mentions that King Edgar standardised measure throughout the realm. According to George Molyneaux, Edgar's reign, "far more than the reigns of either Alfred or Æthelstan, was probably the most pivotal phase in the development of the institutional structures that were fundamental to royal rule in the eleventh-century kingdom". Indeed, an early eleventh century king Cnut the Great states in a letter to his subjects that ''it is my will that all the nation, ecclesiastical and lay, shall steadfastly observe Edgar's laws, which all men have chosen and sworn at Oxford'
  
  Marriages and children :
  
  Edgar is known to have had 3 relationships that produced children.
  His first wife (or consort) was Æthelflæd Eneda (the 'white duck'), daughter of Ealdorman Ordmaer, who acquired land in Devon. They married sometime before he became king, about 957. Together they had one son:
  ~Edward the Martyr (born c. 962 - died 978)
  
  Wulfthryth of Wilton, who was educated at Wilton Abbey became his second consort. It is disputed whether they married, but Barbara Yorke argues that they did. Edgar removed Wulfthryth from Wilton Abbey, some sources say abducted, in 962 and returned her to Wilton Abbey by 964, she then took vows and became Abbess. Edgar and Wulfthryth had one daughter, who is said to have returned with her mother to the abbey:
  ~Edith of Wilton also known as Saint Edith.
  
  About 964/965 Edgar married again, his third relationship, to Ælfthryth, widow of Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia, Edgar's adopted brother. Ælfthryth was the daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar and his wife, a member of the royal family of Wessex. Legend has it that Edgar heard of Ælfthryth's great beauty and sent Æthelwald to arrange marriage for him (Edgar) but Æthelwald instead married her himself. In retaliation Æthelwald was killed 'in a hunting accident' and Edgar married her as he had wanted. It is not known if this is true or simply romantic fiction. Edgar and Ælfthryth had two sons:
  ~Edmund Atheling (born c. 966 - died c.970)
  ~Æthelred the Unready (born c. 968 - d. 23 April 1016)
  
  - Wikipedia
  
  King Edgar I
  Edgar, king in Mercia and the Danelaw from 957, succeeded his brother as king of the English on Edwy's death in 959. His death probably prevented civil war breaking out between the two brothers.
  
  Ed
  
  Important Events
  English king and patron of St. Dunstan, who served as his counselor. England underwent a religious revival in his reign, and he is venerated at Glastonbury.
  
  King of England, Edgar the Peaceable
  While Edgar was probably a good enough king in his way for the time, he failed to build a strong enough army or to prepare his son for a possible invasion. This was a big mistake for his people and hi
  
  Edgar the Peaceful (Wikipedia)
  Edgar the Peaceful
  Anglo-Saxon king of England
  Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār, [æːɑdɣɑːr]; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death. He wa
  
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• m. 962 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England

• m. BET 960 AND 961 in Wessex

• m. 964 in England

1. Aethelred the Unready II, b. ABT 966     d. 23 APR 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
2. Æthelred the Unready, b. 19 MAR 968 in Wessex     d. 23 APR 1016 in London, Middlesex, England

1. Title: King Edgar *The Peaceful* of England
   Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang=en&n=england&oc=0&p=king+edgar+the+peaceful+of;
   
2. Title: Edgar the Peaceful From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Edmund's father)
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_the_Peaceful;
   Note: Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār, [æːɑdɣɑːr]; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death. He was the younger son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, and came to the throne as a teenager, following the death of his older brother Eadwig. As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. His most trusted advisor was Dunstan, whom he recalled from exile and made Archbishop of Canterbury. The pinnacle of Edgar's reign was his coronation at Bath in 973, which was organised by Dunstan and forms the basis for the current coronation ceremony. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed. Edgar was the son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Upon the death of King Edmund in 946, Edgar's uncle, Eadred, ruled until 955. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, Edmund's eldest son. Eadwig was not a popular king, and his reign was marked by conflict with nobles and the Church, primarily St Dunstan and Archbishop Oda. In 957, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria changed their allegiance to Edgar.[3] A conclave of nobles declared Edgar as king of the territory north of the Thames.[4] Edgar became King of England upon Eadwig's death in October 959, aged 16. One of Edgar's first actions was to recall Dunstan from exile and have him made Bishop of Worcester and Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, subsequently Bishop of London and later, Archbishop of Canterbury. Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign. While Edgar may not have been a particularly peaceable man[citation needed], his reign was peaceful. The Kingdom of England was well established, and Edgar consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors. By the end of his reign, England was sufficiently unified in that it was unlikely to regress back to a state of division among rival kingships, as it had to an extent under the reign of Eadred. William Blackstone mentions that King Edgar standardised measure throughout the realm.[5] According to George Molyneaux, Edgar's reign, "far more than the reigns of either Alfred or Æthelstan, was probably the most pivotal phase in the development of the institutional structures that were fundamental to royal rule in the eleventh-century kingdom".[6] Indeed, an early eleventh century king Cnut the Great states in a letter to his subjects that ''it is my will that all the nation, ecclesiastical and lay, shall steadfastly observe Edgar's laws, which all men have chosen and sworn at Oxford''.[7] Edgar was crowned at Bath and along with his wife Ælfthryth was anointed, setting a precedent for a coronation of a queen in England itself.[11] Edgar's coronation did not happen until 973, in an imperial ceremony planned not as the initiation, but as the culmination of his reign (a move that must have taken a great deal of preliminary diplomacy). This service, devised by Dunstan himself and celebrated with a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, forms the basis of the present-day British coronation ceremony. Main article: King Edgar's council at Chester The symbolic coronation was an important step; other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the King of Scots and the King of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's liege-men on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee.[12] Such embellishments may not be factual, and what actually happened is unclear.[13] Edgar died on 8 July 975 at Winchester, Hampshire. He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey.[14] He left two sons, his successor Edward, who was probably his illegitimate son by Æthelflæd, daughter of ealdorman Ordmaer,[15] and Æthelred, the younger, the child of his wife Ælfthryth. Edgar also had a possibly illegitimate daughter by Wulfthryth, who later became abbess of Wilton. She was joined there by her daughter, Edith of Wilton, who lived there as a nun until her death. Both women were later regarded as saints.
   
3. Title: Charter S 744 - Electronic Sawyer
   Publication: Name: https://esawyer.lib.cam.ac.uk/charter/744.html#;
   Note: Grant of King Edgar (Adgar) confirming lands to Shaftsbury Abbey A.D. 966. King Edgar to Shaftesbury Abbey; confirmation of 10 hides (cassati) at Uppidelen (Piddletrenthide, Dorset), originally granted by the king's grandmother, Wynflæd. Latin with English bounds Archive: Shaftesbury MSS: 1. London, British Library, Harley 61, ff. 13v-14r (s. xv in.) Printed: K, 522 and vol. iii. 465; B, 1186; Earle, p. 429, bounds only; Pierquin, Recueil, pt 2, no. 132; Kelly, Shaftesbury, no. 26 Comments: Reynolds 2002, pp. 176, 192, on burial feature in bounds; Grundy, Dorset, V, pp. 107-12, on bounds; Finberg, ECW, no. 607, authentic; PN Dorset, i. 310, on detail of bounds; Keynes 1980, p. 32 n. 53, renewal of lost landbook; Forsberg 1984, pp. 6-7, on bounds; Abrams 1996, p. 199 n. 45, on estate; Kelly, Shaftesbury, pp. 103-6, authentic; Foot 2000, II. 169, 172 Hide all data Metadata Text Cuncta seculorum patrimonia incertis nepotum heredibus derelinquuntur et omnis mundi gloria apropinquante uite mortis termino ad nichillum reducta fatescit. Iccirco terrenis caducarum possessionibus semper mansura superne patrie emolumenta adipiscentes Domino patrocinante lucrenda decernimus. Quam ob rem ego Adgar tocius Britannie basileus quandam telluris particulam .x. uidelicet cassatos loco qui celebri at Uppidelen nuncupatur uocabulo cuidam ecclesie in omni sanctorum ueneracione dicate loco qui celebri Schaftesbury uocatur onomate ad usus monialium inibi degencium, ut aua mea Winfled ante concesserat, eterna largitus sum hereditate. Uetus etenim prefati teritorii carta per incuriam quondam perdita fuerat atque ideo hanc nouam ob firmitatis munimen scribere iussi. Si quopiam uetus reperta fuerat, uel monasterio restituatur uel eius possessor furti crimine reus iudicetur. Sit autem predictum rus cum omnibus utensilibus, pratis uidelicet et pascuis, siluis, omni terrene seruitutis iugo liberum, tribus exceptis, rata uidelicet expedicione, pontis arcisue restauracione. Siquis igitur hanc nostram donacionem in aliud quam constituimus transferre uoluerit, priuatus consorcio sancte Dei ecclesie eternis baratri incendiis lugubris iugiter cum Iuda Christi proditore eiusque complicibus puniatur, si non satisfaccione emendauerit congrua quod contra nostrum deliquit decretum. Hiis metis prefatum rus hinc inde giratur. Ðis sanden þe land imaren at Uppidele. Of Pidelen streame on hlosstedes crundles suð ecge, of þane crundle on þat mere sled, of þat mere slede on ðes herepaþe, anlang herepaþes on mearhhilde mere, of mearhhilde mere on þane haþene berielese, on midde þane punfald, of þanne punfalde on Pidelenstream, of Pidelenstreme anlang burnstowe on greten linkes suth ecge, of þane gretenlinke on chellenberghe, þæt eft on Pidelen streame, and se made be Frome þat to þanne tune ibereth. Anno dominice incarnacionis .d.cccc.lxvi. scripta est hec carta, hiis testibus consencientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur. Ego Adgar rex Anglorum corroboraui. Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consensi. Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmaui. Ego Aþelwold episcopus consolidaui et ceteri. Metadata Old Text Rubric: + Istius presentis graphii intitulacione Deo et ecclesie sancti Adwardi Adgar rex .x. cassatos scilicet ad Uppidelen omni tempore suo intitulat dono. Cuncta seculorum patrimonia incertis nepotum heredibus derelinquuntur et omnis mundi gloria apropinquante uite mortis termino ad nichillum reducta facescit. Iccirco terrenis caducarum possessionibus semper mansura superne patrie emolumenta adipiscentes domino patrocinante lucrenda decreuiminus. Quam ob rem ego Adgar tocius Britannie basileus quandam telluris particulam .x. uidelicet cassatos loco qui celebri at Uppidelen nuncupatur uocabulo cuidam ecclesie in omni sanctorum ueneracione dicate loco qui celebri Schaftesbury uocatur onomate ad usus monialium inibi degencium ut aua mea Winfled ante concesserat eterna largitus sum hereditate. Uetus etenim prefati teritorii carta per incuriam quondam perdita fuerat atque ideo hanc nouam ob firmitatis munimen scribere iussi. Si quopiam uetus reperta fuerat, uel monasterio restituatur uel eius possessor furti crimine reus iudicetur. Sit autem predictum rus cum omnibus utensilibus, pratis uidelicet et pascuis, siluis, omni terrene seruitutis iugo liberum, tribus exceptis, rata uidelicet expedicione, pontis arcisue restauracione. Si quis igitur hanc nostram donacionem in aliud quam constituimus transferre uoluerit, priuatus consorcio sancte Dei ecclesie eternis baratri incendiis lugubris iugiter cum Iuda Christi proditore eiusque complicibus puniatur, si non satisfaccione emendauerit congrua quod contra nostram deliquid decretum. Hiis metis prefatum rus hinc inde giratur. ˘is sanden ˇe land imaren at Uppidele. Of Pidelen streame on hlosstedes crundles su∂ ecge, of ˇane crundle on ˇat mere sled, of ˇat mere slede on ∂es herepaˇe, anlang herepaˇes on mearhhilde mere, of mearhhilde mere on ˇane haˇene berielese, on midde ˇane punfald, of ˇanne punfalde on Pidelenstream, of Pidelenstreme anlang burnstowe on greten linkes suth ecge, of ˇane gretenlinke on chellenberghe, ˇæt eft on Pidelen streame, and se made be Frome ˇat to ˇanne tune ibereth. Anno dominice incarnacionis .dcccclxvi. scripta est hec carta, hiis testibus consencientibus quorum inferius nomina caraxantur. Ego Adgar rex Anglorum corroboraui. Ego Dunstan archiepiscopus consensi. Ego Oscytel archiepiscopus confirmaui. Ego Aˇelwold episcopus consolidaui et ceteri.
   Page: Identifies Wynflæd as Edgars grandmother, confirming she was the mother of Ælfgifu, Edgar's mother
   
4. Title: Eadgar King of Mercia and Northumbria, 957-975. King of England, 959-975 - The Henry Project
   Author: The Henry Project The Ancestors of King Henry II of England: An experiment in a cooperative online database for scholarly medieval genealogy 2020 Preface Henry II Ancestor Table Alphabetical Index of Ancestor Pages 2001 Original Project Announcement 2001 FAQ Contributors and Editors Stewart Baldwin, FASG Todd A. Farmerie Peter Stewart
   Publication: Name: https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/edgar000.htm;
   Note: MALE Eadgar King of Mercia and Northumbria, 957-975. King of England, 959-975. In 957, the Mercians and Northumbrians renounced their allegiance to king Eadwig, and chose his brother Eadgar as king ["Her Eadgar æþeling feng to Myrcna rice." ASC(B,C) s.a. 957 ("Here the ætheling Edgar succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia." ASC(Eng), 113); ASC(D) s.a. 955 (incorrectly); "Rex Anglorum Eadwius, quoniam in commisso regimine insipienter egit, a Mercensibus et Northhymbrensibus contemptus relinquitur, et suus germanus, clito Eadgarus, ab eis rex eligitur" John Worc., s.a. 957 (1: 137)]. When Eadwig died in 959, Eadgar succeeded to the entire kingdom at the age of sixteen ["Her forðferde Eadwig cing. & Eadgar his broðor feng to ríce. ægðer ge on Westseaxum. ge on Myrcum. ge on Norðhymbrum. & he wæs þa .xvi. wintre." ASC(B,C) s.a. 959 ("Here King Eadwig passed away, and Edgar, his brother, succeeded to the kingdom both in Wessex and in Mercia and in Northumbria, and he was then 16 years old." ASC(Eng), 113); ASC(E) s.a 959; ASC(A) s.a. 958; "Rex West-Saxonum Eadwius ... defunctus ...; cujus regnum suus germanus, rex Mercensium Eadgarus, ab omni Anglorum populo electus, anno ætatis suæ XVIº." John Worc., s.a. 959 (1: 138)]. He was succeeded in 975 by his son Eadweard [see below]. Date of birth: ca. 943. Place of birth: Unknown. ["Magnifico regi Eadmundo cum sua regina sancta Ælfgiva filium peperisset Eadgarum, ..." John Worc., s.a. 943 (1: 133); "Eadgarus anno ætatis suæ XVIº. successit." ibid. 1: 274; "Decessit autem anno ætatis XXXIIº., regni vero XVIº." ibid., 274-5] Date of death: 8 July 975. Place of burial: Glastonbury. ["... rex Eadgarus, ... anno ætatis suæ XXXIIº., regni autem illius in Mercia et Northhymbria XIXº., ex quo vero per totam Angliam regnavit XVIº., indictione tertia, VIII. idus Julii [8 Jul.], feria quinta, ex hac vita transivit, filiumque suum Eadwardum et regni et morum hæredem reliquit: corpus vero illius Glæstoniam delatum, regio more est tumulatum." John Worc. s.a. 975 (1: 143); ASC s.a. 975: long poem in versions A, B, C, shorter poem in versions D, E; "8. [July] Obitus Eadgari regis." Lib. Vit. Hyde, 271] Father: Eadmund I, d. 26 May 946, king of Wessex, 939-946. Mother: St. Ælfgifu, d. 18 May ca. 944. Spouses: John of Worcester and William of Malmesbury name all three wives ["Rex Anglorum pacificus Eadgarus Ordgari ducis Domnaniæ filiam, Ælfthrytham nomine, post mortem viri sui Æthelwoldi, gloriosi ducis Orientalium Anglorum, in matrimonium accepit; ex qua duos filios, Eadmundum et Æthelredum, suscepit. Habuit etiam prius ex Ægelfleda Candida, cognomento Eneda, Ordmæri ducis filia, Eadwardum, postea regem et martyrem; et de sancta Wlfthrytha, virginem Deo devotissimam Eadgitham." John Worc. s.a. 964 (1: 140); "Hic habuit ex Eneda, foemina generossima, sanctum Eadwardum, et de sancta Wulfthrytha sanctam Eadgitham; ex regina vero Ælfthrytha, Eadmundum et Ægelredum filios suscepit" ibid., 1: 274; "... legitimam uxorem accepit Elfridam filiam Orgari. De qua Edmundum ... et ... Egelredum, tulit. Nam de Egelfleda, cognomento Candida, filia Ordmeri ducis potentissimi, Edwardum genuit; et sanctum Edgitham de Wulfrida, ..." Wm. Malmes., Gesta Regum, c. 159 (1: 180)]. A letter written ca. 1120 by Nicholas, a monk at Worcester, mentions Æthelflæd and Ælfthryth ["Hic in principio regni sui filiam Ordmari ducis Orientalium Anglorum conjugem legitimam accepit, nomine Æthelfledam, cognomine Candidam, ex qua filium, sanctum videlicet Edwardum, procreavit. ... rex aliam accepit conjugem, Ælftritham nomine, filiam Ordgari ducis Occidentalium Saxonum; ex qua filium Æthelredum habuit." Mem. Dunstan, xxxvi, 423]. The Vita Sancti Oswaldi, perhaps confused by the similar names Ordmær and Ordgar, has mistakenly combined Æthelflæd and Ælfthryth into a single person ["Athelwoldus vero satis digniter principatum Orientalis regni acquisivit a rege, tenuitque magna virtute; qui accipiens filiam Ormeri ducis Occidentalium Anglorum, perduxit secum ad suum regnum, quæ vocitata erat Ælfritha; quam post mortem ejus rex Eadgar præpotentissimus accepit, ex qua duos habuit filios, quorum unus Eadwerd est dictus, alter vero Æthelredus." Vita Sancti Oswaldi, Hist. Ch. York, 1: 428-9; see Stubbs's notes in the Introduction to Mem. Dunstan, xcix-ci]. (1) Æthelflæd, alias Candida or Eneda, daughter of ealdorman Ordmær. (2) Wulfthryth, nun, bur. Wilton. ["Jacet in eadem ecclesia mater ejus Wlfrid, ..." Wm. Malmes., Gesta Pont., c. 87 (p. 190)] Roger of Wendover states that she was not a nun at the time of her marriage [Rog. Wendover, s.a. 963 (1: 410)] (3) 965, Ælfthryth, daughter of Ordgar, ealdorman, dux of Devon, widow of Æthelweald/Æthelwold, ealdorman of East Anglia. ["Her on þissum geare Eadgar cyning genam Ælf[ðr]yðe him to cwene, heo wæs Ordgares dohtor ealdormannes." ASC(D)]. Children: ["Eadweard & Eadmund & Æðelred æðelingas syndon Eadgares suna cyninges." Dumville (1976), 43, quoting genealogical material apparently composed in the reign of Edgar; see also above under spouses] (by Æthelflæd) MALE Eadweard "the Martyr", d. 18 March 978×9, king of England, 975-978×9. Eadweard became king as a boy on the death of his father in 975 ["& feng his bearn syððan to cynerice cild únweaxen, eorla ealdor þam wæs Eadweard nama." ASC(A) ("and his son afterwards succeeded to the royal kingdom, an ungrown child, leader of earls, whose name was Edward." ASC(Eng), 120); ASC(D,E); John Worc., s.a. 975 (1: 145); Wm. Malmes., Gesta Regum, c. 161 (1: 181)]. After a short reign of about three years, Eadweard was killed at Corfe gap. The day of the year was 18 March ["18. [March] Passio sancti Eadweardi regis et martyris." Lib. Vit. Hyde, 270]. Some sources date the murder in 978 [ASC(A,C) s.a. 978; John Worc., s.a. 978 (1: 145); Lib. Vit. Hyde, 276], while others date it in 979 [ASC(D,E,F) s.a. 979; Wm. Malmes., Gesta Regum, c. 164 (1: 185: Æthelred's accession)]. King lists give Eadweard a reign of either three years, which would support 978 for Eadweard's death if we assume rounding up [Dumville (1986), 31], or ".iiii. gear butan .xvi. wucan" (4 years minus 16 weeks [Lists S,T]) or 3 years, 8 months [List R], which would support 979 [Dumville (1986), 29; cf. "Edgaro post xvi. annos regni successit Edwardus filius tribus annis et dimidio." Wm. Malmes., Gesta Pont., c. 256 (p. 408)]. Opinions have varied. Keynes has argued for the death of Eadweard and accession of Æthelred in 978 and the coronation of Æthelred on 4 May 979 [Keynes (1980), 233, n. 7]. Dumville has recently argued for 979 as the date of Eadweard's murder [Williams (2003), 164 (n. 76); Dumville (2007), which I have not seen]. In later legend, the murder was blamed on Eadweard's stepmother Ælfthryth, but there is no contemporary evidence for this [e.g., "Rex Anglorum Eadwardus, jussu novercæ suæ Ælfthrythæ reginæ, in loco qui Corvesgeate dicitur, a suis injuste occiditur, et apud Werham non regio more sepelitur" John Worc. s.a. 978 (1: 145); Wm. Malmes., Gesta Regum, c. 162 (1: 183)]. (by Wulfthryth) FEMALE Eadgyth, b. ca. 961×2, d. 16 September 984, abbess of Wilton. William of Malmesbury states that she was in her twenty-third year at her death [Wm. Malmes., Gesta Pont., c. 87 (p. 189)]. [For her date of death, see Searle (1899), 347; DNB 6: 387; original source not certain] (by Æelfthryth) MALE Eadmund, b. ca. 966, d. 971, bur. Romsey. ["Her forðferde Eadmund æðeling. & his lic lið æt Rumesige." ASC(A) s.a. 971 (erased); "Clito Eadmundus, regis Eadgari filius, obiit, et in monasterio Rumesige honorifice est sepultus." John Worc. s.a. 971 (1: 142)] MALE Æthelred II "the Unready", b. ca. 968, d. 23 April 1016, king of England, 978×9-1013, 1014-6; m. (1) Ælfgifu (?); m. (2) 1002, Emma, d. 6×7 March 1052, daughter of Richard I of Normandy. (mother unknown) FEMALE Eadgifu, fl. 963×975, abbess of Winchester. Eadgifu is known only from a record of a boundary adjustment at Winchester by king Eadgar ["Eadgyfe abedesse þæs cinges dohter" Cart. Sax. 3: 416 (#1163); Thorpe (1865), 232]. Commentary Falsely attributed daughter: FEMALE Ælfthryth (Ælfþryð, Elftrude) of Wessex, said to have d. 7 June 929. (in fact daughter of Ælfred "the Great", king of Wessex) m. Baldwin II, d. 918, count/marquis of Flanders, 879-918. Later Flemish sources generally err by calling her a daughter of king Eadgar [e.g., Genealogia comitum Flandriae Bertiniana, MGH SS 9: 305]. Bibliography ASC = Charles Plummer, Two of the Saxon Chronicles parallel, based on the earlier edition by John Earle, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1892-9). ASC(A) indicates the "A" manuscript of the chronicle, and similarly for the other manuscripts. ASC(Eng) = Michael Swanton, ed. & trans., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (London, 2000). Cart. Sax. = Walter de Gray Birch, ed., Cartularium Saxonicum, 4 vols. (1885-99). Dumville (1976) = David N. Dumville, "The Anglian collection of royal genealogies and regnal lists", Anglo-Saxon England 5 (1976): 23-50. Freeman (1870-9) = Edward A. Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England (5 vols. + index vol., Oxford, 1870-9) John Worc. = Benjamin Thorpe, ed., Florentii Wigorniensis monachi chronicon ex chronicis, 2 vols., (London, 1848-9). (The work formerly attributed to Florence of Worcester is now generally attributed to John of Worcester.) Keynes (1980) = Simon Keynes, The Diplomas of King Æthelred 'the Unready' (Cambridge, 1980). Lib. Vit. Hyde = Walter de Gray Birch, Liber Vitae: Register and Martyrology of New Minister and Hyde Abbey Winchester (London, 1892). Mem. Dunstan = William Stubbs, ed., Memorials of Saint Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury (Rolls Series 63, London, 1874). MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series. Onom. Anglo-Sax. = William George Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum (Cambridge, 1897). Spellings of Anglo-Saxon names on this page have been standardized according to this source. Rog. Wendover = Henry O. Coxe, ed., Rogeri de Wendover Ch
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