Edgar the Peaceful

Edgar, known as the Peaceful (c. 943–975), was the younger son of King Edmund I. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians made him king north of the Thames, and on Eadwig's death in 959 he took the throne of all England.

His reign saw no Viking attacks; he backed Dunstan's Benedictine Reform and standardised the coinage. In 973 he was crowned at Bath and received homage from neighbouring rulers at Chester. He died on 8 July 975, leaving the crown to his son Edward.