Edward "the Elder" King of England
Male, #28680, (about 869 - 26 May 924)
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Edward "the Elder" King of England was born about 869 in Wessex, England.1,2,3 He was the son of Alfred "the Great" King of England and Ealhswith of Mercia.1,2,3,4 Edward married first Ecgwyn.3 Edward "the Elder" King of England was crowned King of England or Bretwala, that is King of Kings in 901 at England.1,2 Edward married second Ælfflæd, daughter of Æthelhelm Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia.1,2,3,5 Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920.3 In 919 in Berkshire, England, Edward married third Eadgifu of Kent, daughter of Sigehelm Ealdorman of Kent.1,2 Edward "the Elder" King of England died on Friday, 26 May 924 in Ferrington, England. He may have died in August1,2, or Edward "the Elder" King of England died on 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England.3 He was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.3
Children of Edward "the Elder" King of England and Ecgwyn
- Alfred3
- Saint Edith3
- Æthelstan King of England3 (894 - 27 Oct 939)
Children of Edward "the Elder" King of England and Ælfflæd
- Eadgyth+1,3,6,2 ( - 26 Jan 946)
- Ælfweard King of England3 ( - 1 Aug 924)
- Edhilda3
- Ælfgifu3
- Edfæd3
- Edwin Sub-King of Kent3 ( - 933)
- Ælfæda3 ( - a 963)
- Æthelfæda Abbess of Romsey3
- Æthelhild3
- Edgifu+3,2 (a 904 - 951)
Children of Edward "the Elder" King of England and Eadgifu of Kent
- Edgifu3
- Saint Edburga3 ( - 15 Jun 960)
- Gregory Abbot of Einsiedlen3
- Edmund "the Magnificent" King of Enlgand+1,2,4 (920 - 26 May 946)
- Eadred King of England3,4 (a 924 - 23 Nov 955)
Citations
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- Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa. Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
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- Barlow, Lundie W. "The Anticedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CXI (January 1957).
- Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI (January 1947).
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