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Edward the Elder
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
- Child of Ealhswith and Alfred the Great
- Married to Ecgwynn, Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Elder, Eadgifu of Kent
- Dated c. June 874 CE – 17 July 924 CE
Overview
king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)Wikidata record description. Read Edward the Elder in the Wikipedia reader.
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3 offices on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- 26 October 899 CE – 17 July 924 CE Monarch of England Number 2 in the sequence Succeeded Alfred the Great · Succeeded by Æthelstan
- 26 October 899 CE – 17 July 924 CE king Succeeded Alfred the Great · Succeeded by Ælfweard of Wessex
Family tree
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The family as a list · 27
Family 27
- child of (child) Alfred the Great king of Wessex (r. 872–901)
- child of (child) Ealhswith Anglo Saxon royal consort
- of the house House of Wessex family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom
- parent of (child) Ælfgifu Peerage person ID=102452
- parent of (father) Ælfweard of Wessex West Saxon monarch
- parent of (child) Æthelhild daughter of Edward the Elder
- parent of (father) Æthelstan King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
- parent of (child) Alfred Peerage person ID=102087
- parent of (father) Eadburh of Winchester Anglo-Saxon nun
- parent of (child) Eadflæd princess and nun
- parent of (child) Eadgifu Peerage person ID=102438
- parent of (father) Eadgifu of Wessex Queen consort of France
- parent of (father) Eadgyth Queen of Germany from 936 to 946
- parent of (child) Eadhild Anglo-Saxon noble
- parent of (child) Edith of Polesworth Anglo-Saxon abbess
- parent of (father) Edmund I King of England (r. 939–946)
- parent of (father) Edred of England King of England (r. 946–955)
- parent of (child) Edwin, son of Edward the Elder Anglo-Saxon prince
- parent of (child) Elfleda (?) Peerage person ID=106623
- parent of (child) Ethelfleda Abbess of Romsey
- sibling of Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders Countess consort of Flanders (877-929)
- sibling of Æthelflæd Mercian monarch
- sibling of Æthelgifu Anglo-Saxon abbess
- sibling of Æthelweard Anglo-Saxon nobleman, son of Alfred the Great
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