# Edgar the Peaceful

> A tenth-century English king who presided over sixteen years without a single Viking raid - a stretch so unusual for the era that chroniclers nicknamed him "the Peaceful" and later writers remembered his reign as a lost golden age.

*King of the English (r. 959-975)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edgar-the-peaceful

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 943
- **Died:** 0975-07-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Edgar became king of all England in 959 when his older brother Eadwig died, inheriting a realm that had endured Viking invasions for over a century. His reign fell during a rare lull in attacks between the mid-950s and early 980s, and he used the breathing room to back the English Benedictine Reform, a religious movement that reshaped monasteries into acquisitive powerhouses grabbing estates from lay landowners. In the early 970s he overhauled the coinage system, replacing a patchwork of local mints with a standardised currency. He died in 975 at roughly thirty-one, and the succession immediately fractured: his elder son Edward the Martyr took the throne with the Archbishop of Canterbury's support, only to be murdered three years later, making way for his younger half-brother Æthelred the Unready. The chaos that followed made Edgar's sixteen years look even better in hindsight - historians now call it the peak of Anglo-Saxon culture, though some argue the disorder was simply the bill coming due for his heavy hand.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 20.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Royalty, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Edgar de Inglaterra](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_de_Inglaterra)
- [Edgar van Engeland](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_van_Engeland)
- [Edgardo I d'Inghilterra](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_I_d'Inghilterra)
- [和平者埃德加](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C%E5%B9%B3%E8%80%85%E5%9F%83%E5%BE%B7%E5%8A%A0)
- [エドガー (イングランド王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC_(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E7%8E%8B))
- [Эдгар (король Англии)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B8))
- [Edgar Spokojny](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Spokojny)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192925)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_the_Peaceful)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Edgar%20the%20Peaceful)
- [Эдгар (кароль Англіі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%96))
- [Edgar Peoc'hgar](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Peoc'hgar)
- [Edgar Miroljubivi](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Miroljubivi)
- [Edgar el Pacífic](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_el_Pac%C3%ADfic)
- [ئێدگار](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Edgar](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar)
- [Edgar af England](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_af_England)
- [Edgar (England)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_(England))
- [Έντγκαρ Α΄ ο Ειρηνικός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81_%CE%91%CE%84_%CE%BF_%CE%95%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Edgar, King of England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%2C_King_of_England)
- [Edgaro (Anglio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgaro_(Anglio))
- [Edgar el Pacífico](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_el_Pac%C3%ADfico)
- [Edgar Rahumeelne](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rahumeelne)
- [Edgar Baketsua](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Baketsua)
- [ادگار، پادشاه انگلستان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Edgar (Englanti)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_(Englanti))
- [Edgar le Pacifique](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_le_Pacifique)
- [אדגר, מלך אנגליה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Эдгар (кароль Ангельшчыны)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B))
- [Edqar (İngiltərə kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edqar_(%C4%B0ngilt%C9%99r%C9%99_kral%C4%B1))

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