ENGLAND, King Edgar^[1]

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• Name	ENGLAND, Edgar
  Prefix	King
  Nickname	The Peaceful
  Birth	7 Aug 943	Essex, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Jul 975	Glastonbury, Somerset, England
  Death	8 Jul 975	Winchester, Hampshire, England
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  Person ID	I29718	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	ENGLAND, King Edmund I ,   b. 922, , , Wessex, England Wessex, Englandd. 26 May 946, Glastonbury, Somerset, England (Age 24 years)
  Mother	ST ALFGIFU, Aelgifu ,   b. 922, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 961 (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F16751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ELFRIDA, Queen Ealfthryth ,   b. 947, Devonshire, England Devonshire, Englandd. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell, Hampshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	964	Essex, England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married , , Wessex, England.
  Children	3 sons
  1. ENGLAND, Edmund ,   b. 966, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 970, Essex, England (Age 4 years) + 2. ENGLAND, King Ethelred ,   b. 19 Mar 968, Wessex, England Wessex, Englandd. 23 Apr 1016, London, London, England (Age 48 years)   3. ENGLAND, Prince Wulfnoth ,   b. Essex, England Essex, England
  Family ID	F16750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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• Notes

  --Other Fields Ref Number: 239967162 (Proofed) Ref: Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America 973 D2ah Vol. 2 - Saxon King of the English. During the rule of his brother, King Edwy, Edgar was chosen by the Mericians and Northumbrians to be their sovereign. One of his first acts wast to recall the monastic reformer St. Dunstan, whom Edwy had exiled; Edgar subsequently made Dunstan Bishop of Worcester and London and archbishop of Canterbury. In 959 at the age of sixteen years he succeeded his brother Eadwig as King of the West Saxons and the entire English Kingdom. His reign was not eventful, though it was a period of national consolidation, peace and orderly government; reformation of the clergy, improvement of the judiciary system, and formation of a fleet to defend the coast against the Scandinavian Vikings. Eadgar did not interfere with the Danish districts in England, but granted them self-government in their districts. This conciliatory policy met with signal success, and the Danish population lived peacefully under his supremacy. He made alliance with Otto I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and received many gifts from him. His fame had spread abroad and he was respected by the Kings on the continent. BIRTH: Also shown as Born , , Wessex, England. DEATH: Also shown as Died , , Wessex, England.

  
  

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  [S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).