Edgar the Peaceful
c. 943 – 975 · 32 years · Winchester · Europe
Reign: 959 – 975 (England and Britain)
His reign passed without major wars. He backed the Benedictine reform of the monasteries, and his coronation at Bath in 973 became the model for all later English coronations.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Hugh Capet — founder of the Capetian dynasty, 3 years older
- Otto the Great — founder of the Holy Roman Empire who crushed the Magyars at the Lech, 31 years older
- Otto II — emperor wed to the Byzantine Theophanu, defeated by the Arabs in Calabria, 12 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vladimir the Great — Grand Prince of Kiev, 17 years younger
- Olga of Kiev — grand princess of Kiev, 23 years older
- Sviatoslav I — Grand Prince of Kiev, warrior, 1 year older
- Yaropolk I — prince of Kiev who fell in a civil war with his brother Vladimir, 12 years younger
Middle East
- Ferdowsi — Persian poet, 3 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 946 Millennium Eruption of Mount Paektu — aged 3, Asia
- c. 950–1250 Medieval Warm Period — aged 7, Americas
- 960 Founding of the Song dynasty — aged 17, Asia
- 962 Coronation of Otto I — aged 19, Europe
- 966 Baptism of Poland — aged 23, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 969 Founding of Cairo — aged 26, Africa
- 972 Al-Azhar Mosque opens — aged 29, Africa