Edgar the Peaceful, English king (born 943)

Edgar, King of England

King of the English from 959 to 975

Edgar, known sometimes as Edgar the Peacemaker or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother Eadwig's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife, Ælfgifu. A detailed account of…