• General Notes

  Edgar was the younger brother of Edwy the previous king. Dunstan, who had been exiled by Edwy, was recalled and appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Dunstan organised an elaborate coronation for Edgar at Bath and afterwards had a powerful influence on the King. Edgar associated himself closely with the Church and his reign was peaceful and the country was well organised, having a common system of weights, measures and coinage. The courts of justice functioned well and both education and literature flourished. In 973 all the lesser kings, including the Welsh princes, promised allegiance and eight of them made a symbolic gesture by rowing a barge with the King at the helm upon the River Dee. This was a golden era.
  
  Child of Eadgar and Wulfthryth
      * Eadgyth (?) d. b 988
  
  Child of Eadgar and Saint Wulfrida
      * Saint Edith (?) b. c 962, d. c 984
  
  Child of Eadgar and Æthelflæd 'the Fair'
      * St. Edward 'the Martyr', King of England b. bt 962 - 963, d. 18 Mar 978
  
  Children of Eadgar and Ælfthryth
      * Edmund Atheling (?) b. c 965, d. bt 970 - 972
      * Æthelred II 'the Unready', King of England+ b. bt 966 - 969, d. 23 Apr 1016
  
  

Details of the Peaceful's family with Ælfthryth