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Hace 4 días · Edward the Elder (c. AD 874-924) Edward was the son of Alfred the Great, born to Alfred and his queen Ealhswith of Mercia around AD 874. His moniker 'the Elder' does not come from the fact that he was Alfred's eldest son and heir, but was used by historians to distinguish him from the later King Edward the Martyr.
20 de jul. de 2023 · Saxon king. 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 Witan elected Edward as King.
20 de jul. de 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 .
Edward's New Minster. Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons (899-924), was probably born in the 870s (he was the second child of a marriage of 868, and led troops in battle in 893). He was the son of Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and Ealhswith, a Mercian noblewoman. He had a younger brother, Æthelweard, and three sisters: Æthelflæd ...
25 de jul. de 2010 · Edward the Elder (Old English: Ēadweard se Ieldra) (c. 870 – 17 July 924) was King of England (899 – 924). He was the son of Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd se Grēata) and Alfred's wife, Ealhswith, and became King upon his father's death in 899. Three marriages: A: Ecgwynn - three children. 1.
4 de ago. de 2023 · Eadgifu of Kent (903 - 966) - She was born after King Edward had lost one wife and married another. She would have been much younger than him, and this would allow her to insert herself into the affairs of her children and grandchildren. After Edward's death, she disappeared during Athelstan's reign and resurfaced during the reign of her two sons.
Farndon, 17 July 924; bur. Winchester. Edward the Elder, so-called to distinguish him from Edward, king 975–8, succeeded his father in 899. Almost all Edward's life was spent campaigning. In the 890s he was his father's first lieutenant, winning important victories over the Danes at Farnham (893) and at Buttington-on-Severn (near Chepstow) (894).
