King Edward ("the Elder") d'Angleterre I of England 
Edward, known as "the Elder", was born in 0869 in Wessex, England. "the Elder"'s father was King Alfred ("the Great") of Wessex and his mother was Queen Ealhswith of the Gaini. His paternal grandparents were King Ethelwulf of England and Queen Osburh of Isle of Wight; his maternal grandfather was Ethelred ("Mucil") Eald of the Gaini and his maternal grandmother is Eadburh Fadburn of the Royal House of Mercia. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Athelstan, Edward, Ethelfleda and Ethelswida. He died at the age of 55 on July 17th, 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England.General Notes
King of England
HIST: ACCEDED TO THE THRONE UPON THE DEATH OF ALFRED THE GREAT IN 899.
HIST: IN 912, DEFEATED THE DANES AT THE BATTLE OF TETTANHALL AND ADVANCED ONTO EAST ANGLIA. DEFEATED THE DANES IN 918, TOOK MERCIA,CONQUERED PORTIONS OF NORTHUMBRIA IN 920.
HIST: AETHELSTAN SUCCEEDS HIM AFTER HIS DEATH IN 925
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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.0788
- b.~ 0784 in Wessex, England d.04 Feb 0839 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0698 in Kent, England d.0762 in Kent, England
- b.~ 0740 in Kent, England
- b.ABT 0795/0806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 0858 in England
- b.0676/0689 in Heristal, Belgium d.22 Oct 0741 in Ciersy, France
- b.0715 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, Seine, France
- b.~ 0690 in Moselle, Austrasia, France d.0724
- b.0788 in Wessex
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France d.> 0747
- b.~ 0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France
- b.~ 0695 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.12 May 0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0748 d.0793
- b.~ 0785 in Wessex, England
- b.0750 d.0804
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex d.0846/0852
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0770 d.~ 0814
- b.0795 d.0840
- b.~ 0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.0770 in Mercia, England d.0839/0840 in Mercia, England
- b.0790/0800 d.0840
- b.0740 d.0796
- b.0775
- b.~ 0830 in Mercia, England
- b.0740 d.0796
- b.0770 d.0823
- b.0800
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"the Elder" and Eadgifu were married in a religious ceremony in 0919 in Wessex, England. They had a son and a daughter, named "the Elder", "the Magnificent" and Thyra.
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Children
King Edmund ("the Elder", "the Magnificent") I of the English
Edmund, known as "the Elder", "the Magnificent", was born in 0921 in Wessex, England. He died due to murderd at the age of 25 on May 26th, 0946 in Pucklechurch. He was buried in Glastonbury Abbey.
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