Edward "The Elder" King Of England 
Edward "The Elder" King Of was born in 0869. Edward "The Elder" King Of's father was Alfred "The Great" King Of England and his mother was Ealhswith Queen Of England. His paternal grandparents were Aethelwulf King Of England and Osburh Queen Of Wessex. He was an only child. He died in Farndon-On-Dee, Berkshire, England.General Notes
Acceded to the throne upon the death of Alfred 'The Great' in 899.
In 910, he defeated the Danes at the Battle of Tettenhall and advanced into portions of East Anglia, the Midlands, and Essex.
Defeated the Danes in 918 where he took East Anglia; conquered Mercia in 918; acknowledged by the princes of West Wales as overlord in 919; and conquered portions of Northumbria in 920.
His son, Athelstan, becomes King of all England upon his death in 925.
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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.
Source: "Edward the Elder," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0732 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex, England d.~ 0786 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0784 in Wessex, England
- d.~ 0762
- b.~ 0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in England
- b.~ 0788 in Wessex, England
- b.0848 in Wantage, Dorset, England d.26 OCT 901 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0785 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.0849
- b.0869 d.17 JUL 925 in Farndon-On-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, , England d.5 DEC 905
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Details of Edward "The Elder" King Of's family
Sources/Citations
University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, copyright 1994, 1995, 1996., Royality for Commoners
University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, copyright 1994, 1995, 1996., Royality for Commoners
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