Historical place archive

Glastonbury in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Glastonbury in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels2 people975–1016

Historical events in Glastonbury

975

975
Burial
Edgar the Peaceful · House of Wessex

Buried at Glastonbury Abbey beside his father

8 July 975
Death of Edgar the Peaceful
Edgar the Peaceful · House of Wessex

King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his son Edward the Martyr, who is only 12 years old

1016

December 1016
Burial
Edmund II Ironside · House of Wessex

Buried with King Edgar at Glastonbury

Provenance

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