Edward the Elder 
Edward the was born in 0871 in Wessex, England. Edward the's father was Alfred the Great and his mother was Ealhswith (Alswitha) of the Gaini. His paternal grandparents were King of England Æthelwulf and Osburger (Osburga). He had two brothers and three sisters, named Edmund, King of the Saxons, Æfthryth Ethelswida, Æthelflaed and Abbess of Shaftesbury. He was the third oldest of the six children. He died in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England.General Notes
Edward the Elder (died 924), king of Wessex (899-924), son of King Alfred. He succeeded as king of the Angles and Saxons in 899, despite a rebellion led by his cousin Ethelwald with the support of the Danes of Northumbria and East Anglia. After a protracted struggle he defeated the Danes, and in 912, on the death of his brother-in-law Ethelred, alderman of Mercia, he annexed the cities of London and Oxford and their environs. The Danes submitted formally in 918, and soon thereafter the sovereignty of Edward was acknowledged by the North Welsh, the Scots, the Northumbrians, and the Welsh of Strathclyde. Edward was succeeded by his son Athelstan.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0732 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex, England d.~ 0802
- b.0769 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838/39 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0552 d.0616
- b.0795 in Wessex, England
- b.0689 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.22 OCT 741 in Quierzy, Aisne, Neustria
- b.0714 in Austrasia d.24 SEP 768 in St. Denis, France
- b.~ 0690 in Austrasia d.0724
- b.~ 0767 in Wessex, England d.0839
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France d.~ 0747
- b.~ 0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 JUL 783
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- d.0544
- b.~ 0780 in Isle of Wright
- b.~ 0810
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England
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Edward the and Queen of England were married in a religious ceremony about 0893. They had a son and a daughter, named King of England and Ædgyth Edith of.
Edward the and Ædgifu (Edgiva) of were married in a religious ceremony about 0916. They had three sons and two daughters, named Edmund I "The, Abbot of Einsiedlen, King of England, Princess of England and Edburga.
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Children
Edmund I "The Magnificent'
Edmund I "The was born in 0921 in Wessex, England. He died in Glastonbury, England.
They had three sons and seven daughters, named King of England, Sub King of Kent, Prince of England, Nun, Ogive Eadgina of, Æthelhilda, Ædhilda, Ædgyth, Ælfgifu and Abbess of Romsey.
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Children
Prince of England Alberic
Prince of England was born about 0910 in Wessex, England. He died in Montmorency, Seine-et-Oise, France.
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