# 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:** 59.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 15.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

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

## Sources
- [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)
- [إدغار (ملك إنجلترا)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7))
- [ادجار ملك انجلترا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7)
- [ادقار (اینگیلیس)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3))
- [Edqar (İngiltərə kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edqar_(%C4%B0ngilt%C9%99r%C9%99_kral%C4%B1))
- [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))
- [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)
- [Edgar die Vreedsame](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_die_Vreedsame)
- [Ēadgār Engla Cyning](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92adg%C4%81r_Engla_Cyning)

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