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Ealhswith. Edward the Elder ( c. 874 – 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 ...
- Æthelstan
Æthelstan or Athelstan (/ ˈ æ θ əl s t æ n /; Old English:...
- Ælfflæd
Edmund I, the future king who was a son of Edward's third...
- Edmund I, King of The English
Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the...
- Edwin
Edwin (died 933) was the younger son of King Edward the...
- Eadgyth
Edith was born to the reigning English king Edward the Elder...
- Æthelflæd
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled...
- Battle of Tettenhall
Danish attacks into central England had been resisted and...
- Battle of Ellandun
The Battle of Ellendun or Battle of Wroughton was fought...
- Eadhild
Eadhild (died 937) was an English princess, the second wife...
- Eadburh
Eadburh ([ˈæ͜ɑdˌburˠx]; also Edburga, Edburg; born 921/924,...
- Æthelstan
Edward (16 June 874 — 17 July 924) nicknamed the Elder or the Great was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the oldest child of the West Saxon king, Alfred, and his wife, Ealhswith of Mercia. During Edward's reign, Wessex greatly expanded and that England was almost unified, however, Edward died before he could do it.
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- Alfred
- 26 October 899 — 17 July 924
Feb 29, 2024 · Edmund I (born 921—died May 26, 946, Pucklechurch, Eng.) was the king of the English (939–946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupied by the Vikings. He was the son of the West Saxon king Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) and Eadgifu and the half brother of King Athelstan (reigned 924–939), under whom the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edward The Elder. The eldest son of Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder reigned for 25 years. He is well known as one of the central characters in the Netflix series ‘The Last Kingdom’…. As the son of King Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder had a lot to live up to during his reign but he did not disappoint. Whilst he did not share Alfred ...
Edward the Elder 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.
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Jul 20, 2018 · Edward the Elder ruled England from the year 899 to the year 924. During the reign of his father Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder had taken an active role in his campaigns against the Vikings. On the great Alfred's death the succession was disputed between Edward or Eadweard and Ethelwald, the son of Alfred's elder brother Ethelred I. The ...
May 14, 2018 · Edward the Elder. Son and successor of Alfred the Great, the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Elder (died 924) continued his father's spirited defense of Anglo-Saxon domains against Danish invaders. He also greatly increased the power of the West Saxon monarchy. Nothing of importance is known of Edward before his succession to the West Saxon ...
