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Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith.When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.
Edward (died July 17, 924, Farndon on Dee, England) was an Anglo-Saxon king in England, the son of Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 899 to 924, Edward extended his authority over almost all of England by conquering areas that previously had been held by Danish invaders. Edward ascended the throne upon his father ...
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This year died King Edward at Farndon in Mercia; and Ælfweard his son died very soon after this, in Oxford. Their bodies lie at Winchester. Æthelstan August 924 – 27th October 939. Æthelstan, the first ever King of England, took the Wessex throne in 924 after his elder brother’s death.
In 886, King Alfred was no longer simply the King of Wessex but rather the King of the Anglo-Saxons. This was the title that Edward inherited when his father died. When he succeeded the throne, in response Aethelwold launched his rebellion from Wimbourne in Dorset and seized royal estates whilst making threats towards the new king.
Who was Edward the Elder? He was the son of Alfred the Great and Ealhswith of Mercia. A man of Wessex, he was probably born in the 870s and died in 924. After his father’s death in 899, and like Alfred, he was called king of the Anglo-Saxons, reflecting his overlordship of both Wessex and Mercia. He was married three times and had an ...
Feb 17, 2022 · Edward The Elder. Married: (1) Ecgywn (2) Elfleda and (3) Edgiva. King of the West Saxons (Wessex). He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex. He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the ...
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The House of Wessex then briefly regained power under Æthelred's son Edward the Confessor, but lost it after the Confessor's reign, with the Norman Conquest in 1066. All kings of England since William II have been descended from the House of Wessex through William the Conqueror 's wife Matilda of Flanders , who was a descendant of Alfred the ...
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