Edward "the Elder", King of England

875 - 924  (49 years)

• Name	Edward
  Born	875	Wessex, England   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Reign	From 899 to 924  [4, 5, 6]
  King of England
  He was crowned the King of England or Bretwala, that is King of Kings.
  Military	918
  Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920.
  Died	26 May 924	Farndon, Cheshire, England   [1, 2, 4]
  He may have died in August.
  Buried	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [5]
  Siblings	5 siblings
  + 1. Æthelflæd ,   b. 869, England ,   d. 919, England  (Age 50 years) ▻ Æthelred II, Ealdorman of Mercia   2. Edmund ,   b. 870, England ,   d. young, England + 3. Edward "the Elder", King of England ,   b. 875, Wessex, England ,   d. 26 May 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England  (Age 49 years) ▻ Ecgwyn ;  Ælfflæd ;  Eadgifu of Kent ,  m. 919 + 4. Ælfthryth ,   b. Abt 877, Wessex, England ,   d. 7 Jun 929  (Age ~ 52 years) ▻ Baldwin II "the Bald", Count of Flanders and Artois ,  m. 884   5. Æthelgeofu, Abbess of Shaftesbury   6. Æthelweard ,   b. 880,   d. 922  (Age 42 years)
  Person ID	I2844	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Alfred "the Great", King of England ,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 28 Oct 901  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Ealhswith of Mercia,   b. Abt 852, Kingdom of Mercia ,   d. 904, England  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Married	868	England
  Family ID	F2239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ecgwyn,   d. 901, England   [5]
  Children	1. Æthelstan, King of England ,   b. 894, England ,   d. 27 Oct 939, England  (Age 45 years)   2. Alfred,   d. young, England   3. Saint Edith,   d. 937
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F2238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ælfflæd,   b. Abt 878, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 919, England  (Age ~ 41 years)  [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Ælfweard, King of England ,   d. 1 Aug 924, England + 2. Edgifu,   b. Abt 904,   d. 951  (Age ~ 47 years)   3. Edhilda + 4. Eadgyth,   d. 26 Jan 946   5. Ælfgifu   6. Edfæd   7. Edwin, Sub-King of Kent,   d. 933   8. Ælfæda,   d. 963, Winchester, Hampshire, England   9. Æthelfæda, Abbess of Romsey   10. Æthelhild,   bur. Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F2237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Eadgifu of Kent,   b. Abt 896, Kent, England ,   d. 25 Aug 968, England  (Age ~ 72 years)  [1, 4]
  Married	919	Berkshire, England   [1, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He was 44 years - She was 23 years
  Children	1. Edgifu   2. Saint Edburga,   d. 15 Jun 960, St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England + 3. Edmund "the Magnificent", King of England ,   b. Abt 922,   d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 24 years)   4. Eadred, King of England ,   b. Abt 924,   d. 23 Nov 955, England  (Age ~ 31 years)   5. Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F2236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Sewell states he died 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England. [5]

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 875 - Wessex, England Married - 919 - Berkshire, England Died - 26 May 924 - Farndon, Cheshire, England Buried - - Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. Line 1 [S1851] Wolf, Armin. "Who was Agatha, the Ancestress of Scottish and English Kings?", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2011), Secondary Source. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S60] 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, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), Secondary Source. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008), Secondary Source. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. [S1488] Barlow, Lundie W. "The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXI, January 1957), Secondary Source.