Definition of Ordgar. Meaning of Ordgar. Synonyms of Ordgar

- Ordgar (died 971) 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...
- daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar. Her mother was a member of the royal family of Wes****. The family's power lay in the west of Wes****. Ordgar was buried in Exeter...
- serves as the hometown for the fictional peasant soldiers Tofi, Leofric, and Ordgar, whose names are actual Anglo-Saxon names from the period. Viewers may ****ume...
- Battle of Cynwit, ultimately defeating an army led by Viking chieftain Ubba. Ordgar (d. 971), under King Edgar (ruled 959-975). He founded Tavistock Abbey in...
- Battle of Cynwit, ultimately defeating an army led by Viking chieftain Ubba. Ordgar (d.971), under King Edgar (ruled 959–975). He founded Tavistock Abbey in...
- the widow of Æthelstan Half-King's eldest son, Æthelwold. Her father was Ordgar, a leading Devonshire thegn who was appointed an ealdorman in the same year...
- re-founds abbeys at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, Evesham, Pers****, and Winchcombe. Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, founds Tavistock Abbey. 963 King Edgar grants legal...
- Tavistock Abbey Benedictine monks founded 961/974 (or 975-80) (begun by Ordgar, Earl of Devonshire and completed by his son); dissolved 1539; granted to...
- dissolved September 959 Winchester Cathedral Eadwig Ælfthryth of Devon Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon – 964/965 11 May 973 8 July 975 17 November 999–1001...
- Ælfthryth became politically influential, and Edgar appointed her father, Ordgar, as ealdorman of Devon. She is described by Williams as "a force to be reckoned...