Ordgar
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Children | Ordwulf |
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Grandchildren | Æthelred the Unready |
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ID | 3421228 |
Ordgar Life story
Ordgar was Ealdorman of Devon in England. He was a great West Country landowner and apparently a close advisor of his son-in-law Edgar the Peaceful, king of England. His daughter Ælfthryth was King Edgar's third wife and was mother of King Æthelred the Unready. Ordgar was created an ealdorman by King Edgar in 964.