The Kings of Britain with King Edgar row on the River Dee
Edgar (circa 943-975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable - King of England from 959 until his death. Edgar's coronation did not happen until 973. The other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings, including the King of Scots and the King of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's liege-men on sea and land. Chroniclers recorded that the Kings all plied the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee, as shown here
Picture No
10825815
Media ID
48378332
Size
4629px x 3113px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Tom Gillmor
Source
Illustration by George Morrow in A Nursery History of England by Elizabeth O'Neill
Date
973
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