General Notes

1  NAME Edward the /Elder/, King of England
1  NAME Edward the Elder /England/
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1  BIRT
2  DATE 875
2  PLAC ,Wessex, England
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1  DEAT
2  DATE 9 JUL 924
2  PLAC ,Farndon, Berkshire, England
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001


[De La Pole.FTW]

Sources: RC 233, 261, 321, 359, 376; Coe; A. Roots 1-16, 16, 45; AF; Warrior
Kings; Shorter History of England; Through the Ages; K and Q of Britain;
Pfafman; Kraentzler 1470, 1475, 1631; Kirby; Young; Magna Charta Sureties
161-2.
Edward was a Bretwala (King of Kings). First King of all England. Ruled from
899-924. K&Q says from 899-925. Several daughters became nuns.
K: Edward I, "The Pious."
Roots: Edward the Elder, Saxon King of England, married (2) Alfflaed, (3)
Eadgifu.
Sureties: Edward I, the Elder, King of England 901-924. Born 875 and died
924.
Kirby: Eadweard.
Young: Edward the Elder, died 924, King of England and overlord of the Welsh
princes.
Warrior Kings: "Edward, eldest son, was a warrior rather than a scholar,
though in this capacity he probably took a good deal of weight from his
father's shoulders. The relationship between father and son seems to have been
amicable."