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Edgar of England
Edgarus la
King of the English (r. 959–975)
- Child of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
- Married to Wulthryth, Ælfthryth, Æthelflæd
- Dated 943 CE – 8 July 975 CE
- Recognised as Saint
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2 offices on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- 1 October 959 CE – 8 July 975 CE Monarch of England Succeeded Eadwig · Succeeded by Edward the Martyr
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- child of (child) Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury first wife of Edmund I
- child of (child) Edmund I King of England (r. 939–946)
- of the house House of Wessex family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom
- parent of (father) Æthelred the Unready King of England
- parent of (father) Edith of Wilton English nun
- parent of (child) Edmund Ætheling Peerage person ID=102426
- parent of (father) Edward the Martyr King of the English (975-978)
- sibling of Eadwig King of the English (r. 955–959)
- married to Ælfthryth 10th century queen consort of England
- married to Wulthryth Anglo-Saxon Abbess and saint
- married to Æthelflæd -962 queen consort
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