the ledger of connections
The Connections of Edgar the Peaceful
King of the English (r. 959–975) Every person recorded alongside Edgar the Peaceful in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Edgar the Peaceful in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Edmund I, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
- Spouses
- Ælfthryth, Æthelflæd, Wulthryth
- Children
- Æthelred the Unready, Edward the Martyr, Edith of Wilton, Edmund Ætheling
- Siblings
- Eadwig
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 943 CE to 975 CE.
Medieval era
Ibn al-Haytham
965 CE – 1038
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Leif Erikson
972 CE – 1020
Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
Medieval era
Sei Shonagon
966 CE – 1025
Japanese author and court lady
Medieval era
Ly Thai To
March 8, 974 CE – 1028
Vietnamese emperor
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Æthelred the Unready
967 CE – April 23, 1016
King of England
Medieval era
Sweyn Forkbeard
April 17, 963 CE – February 3, 1014
King of Denmark, England, and Norway
Medieval era
Hywel Dda
880 CE – 950 CE
10th-century Welsh king
Medieval era
Brian Boru
941 CE – April 23, 1014
High King of Ireland
Medieval era
Dunstan
909 CE – May 19, 988 CE
Archbishop of Canterbury and saint