Claim: Ordgar was the son of  Edgar the Peaceful, who married an unknown lady of royal birth, by whom he had a daughter Ælfthryth and owned land in every parish from Exeter in Devon to Frome in Somerset
Evidence: He was a great West Country landowner and apparently a close advisor of his son-in-law Edgar the Peaceful, king of England. According to Gaimar, Ordgar was the son of an ealdorman, and owned land in every parish from Exeter in Devon to Frome in Somerset.