Edgar Wessex, King Of England

943 - 975  (31 years)

• Name	Edgar Wessex
  Title	King Of England
  Birth	7 Aug 943	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jul 975	Worcestershire, England
  Burial	Aft 8 Jul 975	Somerset, England
  Person ID	I7485	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Edmund Wessex,   b. Abt 920, Wessex, England d. 26 May 946, Gloucestershire, England (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elfgifu Shaftesbury,   b. Abt 920, Wessex, England d. 944, Wessex, England (Age 24 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	940
  Family ID	F3622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aelfthryth of England, Queen Of England ,   b. Abt 941, Wessex, England d. Abt 1000, Hampshire, England (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	964
  Children	+ 1. Aethelred of England, King of England ,   b. 19 Mar 968, Wessex, England d. 23 Apr 1016, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F4525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Aug 943 - Wessex, England Death - 8 Jul 975 - Worcestershire, England Burial - Aft 8 Jul 975 - Somerset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  King Edgar ( 959 - 975 ) 959 - Edgar King of Mercia and Northumbria becomes King of all England. 965 - Westminster Abbey is founded 973 - Northern Kings submit to Edgar at Chester 975 - Edgar dies at Winchester