General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
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Edward, byname EDWARD THE ELDER (d. 17 July 924, Farndon o
n Dee, England), Anglo Saxon king in England, the son of Al
fred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, fro
m 899 to 924, Edward extended his authority over almost al
l of England by conquering areas that previously had been h
eld by Danish invaders.
Note: 
Edward ascended the throne upon his father's death in Octob
er 899, and in battle in 902 his forces killed a rival clai
mant, Aethelwald, who had allied with the Danes. After defe
ating the Northumbrian Danes at Tettenhall, he set out in A
ugust 912 to subdue the Danes of the eastern Midlands and E
ast Anglia. From 910 to 916 he constructed a series of fort
ified enclosures around his Kingdom of Wessex.
Note:
At the same time, his sister, the Mercian ruler Aethelflaed
, constructed a complementary series of fortresses in the n
orthwest Midlands. In 917 Edward and Aethelflaed launche
d a massive offensive, quickly overwhelming the entire Dani
sh army of East Anglia. Upon Aethelflaed's death in June 91
8, Edward assumed control of Mercia, and by the end of th
e year the last Danish armies in the Midlands had submitted
. By that time Edward's kingdom included all the lands sout
h of the Humber estuary; in 920 he pacified Northumbria. Co
mplete political unification of England was achieved durin
g the reign of his son and successor, Athelstan (reigned 92
4-939). [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
Note:
Well-trained by Alfred, his son Edward 'the Elder' (reigne
d 899-924) was a bold soldier who defeated the Danes in Nor
thumbria at Tettenhall in 910 and was acknowledged by the V
iking kingdom of York. The kings of Strathclyde and the Sco
ts submitted to Edward in 921. By military success and pati
ent planning, Edward spread English influence and control
. Much of this was due to his alliance with his formidabl
e sister Aethelflaed, who was married to the ruler of Merci
a and seems to have governed that kingdom after her husband
's death.
Note:
Edward was able to establish an administration for the king
dom of England, whilst obtaining the allegiance of Danes, S
cots and Britons. Edward died in 924, and he was buried i
n the New Minster which he had had completed at Winchester
. Edward was twice married, but it is possible that his eld
est son Athelstan was the son of a mistress.
(Research):Edward I., the Elder , "the Unconquerored King,
" was born about 870 and died about 924. He reigned 24 year
s from 900 to 924. He was not, like his father, a legislato
r or a scholar, although it is said that he founded the Uni
versity of Cambridge, but he was great warrior. He graduall
y extended his sway over the whole island, in which projec
t he was assisted by his sister the "Lady of Mercia" who he
aded her own troops and gained victories over both the Dane
s and Britons. Tradition assigns to Edward an even wider ru
le shortly before his death. In the middle of the ninth cen
tury the Picts and the Scots had been amalgamated under Ken
neth MacAlpin, the King of the Scots, just as Mercia and We
ssex were being welded together by the attacks of the Danes
. It is said that in 925 the King of the Scots, together wi
th other northern rulers, chose Edward "to father and lord.
" Probably this statement only covers some act of allianc
e formed by the English King with King of Scots and other l
esser rulers. Nothing was more natural than that of the Sco
ttish King, Constantine, should wish to obtain the suppor
t of Edward against his enemies; and it is natural that i
f Edward agreed to support him he would require some acknow
ledgment of the superiority of the English King. After a pr
osperous reign, King Edward died in Forndon, Northamptonshi
re in 925. He married (3) Lady Edgiva (Edgina), daughter o
f Earl Sigelline (Sigilline), Earl of Meapham. He succeede
d his father about 901, and raised the supremacy of Wesse
x into somethi