REFN: 1433AN
REFN: P1433
Edward the Elder, King of England
Born: 869
Acceded: 31 MAY 900, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Died: 17 JUL 924, Farndon-on-Dee
Interred: Winc hester Cathedral,Winchester,England
Notes:
Reigned 899-924.
He defeated the Danes (918), taking East Anglia, and also conquered Mercia
(918) and Northumbr ia (920).
Father: , Alfred the Great, King West Saxons, b. 849
Mother: , Ealh swith of the Gaini
Married to , Ecgwyn
Child 1: , AEthelstan, King of England , b. 894
Child 2: , Alfred
Child 3: , Edith (St)
Married to , AElflaeda
Chi ld 4: , AElfweard, King of England
Child 5: , Edgifu, b. 902
Child 6: , Edfla ed, A nun at Wilton
Child 7: , Edwin, Sub King of Kent?
Child 8: , AElflaeda, A nun at Winchester
Child 9: , AEthelflaeda, Abbess of Romsey
Child 10: , Ed hilda
Child 11: , Eadgyth (Edith)
Child 12: , AEthelhild, a recluse
Child 13 : , AElfgifu
Married ABT 905 to , Eadgifu (Edgiva)
Child 14: , Edgifu
Child 15: , Edburga (St.), nun at Nunnaminster
Child 16: , Edmund I the Elder, King of England, b. 921
Child 17: , Eadred, King of England, b. CIR 924
Child 18: , Gregory of Einsiedlen, Abbot of Einsiedlen
Edward I, the Elder (900-24 AD)
Son of Alfred the Great, Edward immediately succeeded his father to the
thron e. His main achievement was to use the military platform created by
his fathe r to bring back, under English control, the whole of the
Danelaw, south of th e Humber River.