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"An uprising north of here. A Saxon slave, he killed his master at a wedding party."
—Edgar informing Uhtred and Brida of the rumours[src]

Edgar was a minor character in The Last Kingdom television series. He was a villager of a small Saxon village.

Biography[]

The Last Kingdom[]

Season 1[]

Northumbria; When Edgar spots Uhtred and Brida outside his village, he attempts to shoot them with arrows before Brida hurls her axe into his back. Edgar informs them that it was Danes who murdered the other villagers, as punishment for a rebel Saxon slave who rose up and murdered his Danish master. When Brida demands the name of this alleged "rebel Saxon slave", he says it was Uhtred. Out of mercy, Uhtred murders Edgar, putting him out of his misery. ("Episode 1.2")

Appearances[]

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Season 4
Season 5
Seven Kings Must Die

Trivia[]

  • The name Edgar comes from Old English. The name is made up of the words ead, which means "wealth, fortune", and gar, which means "spear".