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Alfred the Great Wessex F/M Married Married Married Ealhswith of Mercia Mucel F | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward the Elder Wessex Born: 871 Died: 924-Jul-17 |
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| Name: King Edward The Elder Born: c.871 Parents: Alfred the Great and Ealswith of Mercia Relation to Elizabeth II: 31st great-grandfather House of: Wessex Crowned: June 8, 900 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.29 Married: (1) Ecgywn (2) Elfleda and (3) Edgiva. Children: 5 sons and 11 daughters Died: July 17, 924 at Farndon-on-Dee Buried at: Winchester Succeeded by: his son Aethelstan King of the West Saxons. He succeeded his father Alfred the Great in 899. He reconquered southeast England and the Midlands from the Danes, uniting Wessex and Mercia with the help of his sister Aethelflaed. By the time of his death his kingdom was the most powerful in the British Isles. He was succeeded by his son Athelstan. Edward extended the system of burghal defence begun by Alfred, building new burhs, for example at Hertford and Buckingham, and twin burghs at Bedford and Stamford |
1: 922 Edmund, King of the English Wessex W/C 2: 923 Eadred, King of the English Wessex 3: Athelstan, King of the English Wessex 4: Editha Wessex H 5: Ethelwerd Wessex C 6: Edwin Wessex 7: Elfleda Wessex 8: Edgiva Wessex H 9: Ethelhilda Wessex 10: Edhilda Wessex H 11: Eadgyth (Edith) Wessex 12: Elgiva Wessex H 13: Elfred Wessex 14: Edburh Wessex 15: Edgiva (A) Wessex H | ||||||||||||||||
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