EDWARD
874 - 924 (50 years)
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Name EDWARD, Birth 874 Gender Male Differentiator He was the second king of the Anglo-Saxons as this title was created by his father Alfred the Great. Relation to Me 35 GGF Royalty & Nobility Between 899 and 924 King of the Anglo-Saxons Name Edward the Elder Death 17 Jul 924 Person ID I7280 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father GREAT, King of Wessex Alfred the, b. 849, Oxfordshire, England 
d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Mother EALHSWITH d. 5 Dec 902 Relationship natural Marriage 868 Family ID F1725 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 EADGIFU, b. Abt 901 d. 966 (Age 65 years) Children + 1. EDMUND, I, b. 921 d. 26 May 946 (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1786 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family 2 AELFFLAED, b. Abt 875 bur. She is reported to have retired to Wilton Abbey, w Children + 1. WESSEX, Eadgifu of, b. 902 d. Aft 955 (Age > 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1912 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Edward the Elder - Wikipedia
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Notes - Edward is highly regarded by historians. According to Nick Higham: "Edward the Elder is perhaps the most neglected of English kings. He ruled an expanding realm for twenty-five years and arguably did as much as any other individual to construct a single, south-centred, Anglo-Saxon kingdom, yet posthumously his achivements have been all but forgotten." In the view of F. T. Wainwright: "Without detracting from the achievements of Alfred, it is well to remember that it was Edward who reconquered the Danish Midlands and gave England nearly a century of respite from serious Danish attacks.
- Edward is highly regarded by historians. According to Nick Higham: "Edward the Elder is perhaps the most neglected of English kings. He ruled an expanding realm for twenty-five years and arguably did as much as any other individual to construct a single, south-centred, Anglo-Saxon kingdom, yet posthumously his achivements have been all but forgotten." In the view of F. T. Wainwright: "Without detracting from the achievements of Alfred, it is well to remember that it was Edward who reconquered the Danish Midlands and gave England nearly a century of respite from serious Danish attacks.