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Also Known As:<_AKA> King Edward "The Elder" of /England/
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Alias:<ALIA> the /Elder/
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Royalty for Commoners by Robert W. Stuart , Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Revised 2nd Edition, 1995:
Gen 233-38 - Edwar d "the Elder", King of England, 889-924: King of
Wessex; b. 875, Wessex; d. J uly 924, Ferrington; m. (3) 919 Berkshire,
England, Eadgifu (Edgiva) of Kent, b. c896, Kent; d. 28 Aug 968; dau of
Sigehelm, Earldorman of Kent (d. after 962).  Edward was a Bretwala (King
of Kings).
ACADEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
EDWARD THE ELDER, KING OF WESSEX
The Anglo-Saxon king EDWARD THE ELDER, ru led 899-924, unified most of
England south of the Humber River. He succeeded his father, ALFRED, as
king of Wessex and continued the wars of resistance ag ainst the Danes.
Conducting a series of joint campaigns with his sister, AETH ELFLAED of
Mercia, he destroyed a Danish army in 910 and by 918 had virtually
extinguished Danish power in
England. On Aethelflaed's death in the same y ear, English Mercia was
incorporated into Wessex. In 920, Edward received the formal submissions
of Raegnald, the Scandinavian king of York; Ealdred, rule r of English
Northumbria; the Welsh king of Strathclyde; and possibly Constan tine II
of Scotland. He died on July 17, 924, and was succeeded by his son
ATHELSTAN.
EAST ANGLIA
East Anglia, one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Engl and, borders on the
North Sea and includes the modern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Low,
forested hills separate the Fens (now drained and cultivated) in the west
from the shallow river valleys with flooded peat hollows ("Broads ") and
estuaries in the east.
East Anglia was settled in the 5th century by Saxons, Angles, Swabians,
and Frisians. Little is known of early East Anglia n kings prior to
Raedwald (r. c.600-627). Raedwald was converted to Christian ity, and his
son founded (c.630) a see at Dunwich for the Burgundian bishop F elix.
Rivalry with Mericia led to the subjugation of East Anglia by the mid-7 th
century. Danish invasions from the mid-9th century resulted in the

inclu sion (886) of East Anglia under Danelaw. In 917 the Danes were
defeated by ED WARD THE ELDER, and East Anglia became an earldom of
England.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online at britannica.com:
Edward
died July 17, 924, Farndon on Dee , Eng.
by name Edward The Elder Anglo-Saxon king in England, the son of Alfre d
the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 899 to 924,
Edwar d extended his authority over almost all of England by conquering
areas that previously had been held by Danish invaders.
Edward ascended the throne upon h is father's death in October 899, and
in a battle in 902 his forces killed a rival claimant, Aethelwald, who
had allied with the Danes. After defeating th e Northumbrian Danes at
Tettenhall, he set out in August 912 to subdue the Da nes of the eastern
Midlands and East Anglia. From 910 to 916 he constructed a series of
fortified enclosures around his Kingdom of Wessex.
At the same ti me, his sister, the Mercian ruler Aethelflaed,
constructed a complementary se ries of fortresses in the northwest
Midlands. In 917 Edward and Aethelflaed l aunched a massive offensive,
quickly overwhelming the entire Danish army of E ast Anglia. Upon
Aethelflaed's death in June 918, Edward assumed control of M ercia, and by
the end of the year th