 Elfgifu PRIVACY FILTERMarried/ Related to:  Edmund I the Elder, King of England, son of Edward the "Edward "The Elder" King Of England" Elder, King of England and N.N..Born 921, died May 26, 946 at Pucklechurch, Dorset, 24 or 25 years, buried at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset Reigned 940-946 Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict. Child: 1. Edgar the Peaceful, King of EnglandBorn 944, died Jul 8, 975 at Winchester, England, 30 or 31 years, buried at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset Reigned 959-975. The first King of a united England. He allowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence by organising coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships. Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973 because St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life. | |||