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Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975

LC control no.n 83206566
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingEdgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975
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Variant(s)Eadgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975
Eadgar, King of Mercia, 943 or 944-975
Eadgar, the Peaceful, 943 or 944-975
Eadgar, the Peaceful, King of England, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975
Edgar, King of England, 944-975
Edgar, King of Mercia, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, Pacificus, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, Pacificus, King of England, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, the Peaceful, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, the Peaceful, King of England, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, the Saxon, 943 or 944-975
Edgar, the Saxon, King of England, 943 or 944-975
See alsoChief executive of: England. Sovereign (959-975 : Edgar) http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60865
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Chief executive of: Mercia (Kingdom). Sovereign (957-959 : Edgar) http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60865
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Other standard no.cnp00618137
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Q192925
Associated countryEngland
Mercia (Kingdom)
Birth date[0943,0944]
Death date0975-07-08
Place of birthEngland
AffiliationGlastonbury Abbey
Profession or occupationKings
Found inRavenscroft, E. King Edgar and Alfreda, 1677: t.p. (King Edgar)
Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Edgar, also spelled Eadgar; b. 943/944; d. 975; King of the English)
Encyc. Amer., 1977 (Edgar, 943-975, king of England)
Collier's encyc., 1977 (Edgar, also Eadgar, 944-975; king of the English and known as Edgar the Peaceful; d. 7/8/975)
LC in OCLC, 8/29/83 (hdg.: Edgar, King of England, 944-975; usage: King Edgar)
Wikipedia, 13 Mar. 2008 (Reign October 1, 959--July 8, 975)
Wallace, Albany. Elfrida, 1850: Dramatis personæ (Edgar the Saxon, King of England) page 1 (King Edgar)
The British Museum collection database, viewed January 30, 2024 (Eadgar the Peaceful, King of England; other name: (King) Edgar; life dates: 943-975; son of King Edmund the Magnificent; King of Mercia 957-959; and of all England 959-975)
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Wikipedia, January 30, 2024 (Edgar, King of England; Edgar (or Eadgar; c.944 - 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death; reign 1 October 959 - 8 July 975; born 943/944, England; King of Mercia, 957 to 959)
Britannica online, January 30, 2024 (Edgar (born 943/944-died July 8, 975) king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year; The younger son of Edmund I, king of the English, Edgar was made king of the Mercians and Northumbrians in place of Eadwig, his brother, who was deposed. On Eadwig's death (Oct. 1, 959), Edgar succeeded to the West Saxon throne)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online January 30, 2024 (Edgar [called Edgar Pacificus] (943/4-975), king of England, was the younger son of King Edmund (920/21-946) and his first wife, Ælfgifu; 957, in which year he became king of the Mercians; succeeded to the kingship of the West Saxons on the death of Eadwig (1 October 959); in 973, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Edgar was consecrated king on 11 May (Pentecost), at Bath; died on 8 July 975, and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey)