Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdward The Elder King Of England, 33G Grandfather
Birthabt 874
Death17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire
FatherAlfred The Great King Of Wessex (849-899)
MotherEalhswith Queen of Wessex (-902)
Spouses
1AElfflaed Queen of Wessex, 33G Grandmother
FatherAEthelhelm
Marriage899
ChildrenEadgifu Of Wessex (902->955)
Eadgyth (910-946)
2Eadgifu Of Kent Queen of the Anglo Saxons, 33G Grandmother
Birthabt 903
Deathabt 966
FatherSigehelm Ealdorman Of Kent (-902)
Marriageabt 919
ChildrenEdmund I (921-946)
Notes for Edward The Elder King Of England
King of the Anglo-Saxons 899 to 924
Along with his faather Alfred the Great won the Battle of Farnham against the Vikings in 892.
Along with his brother-in-law Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians defeated the Viking at the Battle of Benfleet in 894.
Extended the control of Wessex over the whole of Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex and the cities of London and Oxford.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
Along with his faather Alfred the Great won the Battle of Farnham against the Vikings in 892.
Along with his brother-in-law Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians defeated the Viking at the Battle of Benfleet in 894.
Extended the control of Wessex over the whole of Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex and the cities of London and Oxford.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
Notes for AElfflaed (Spouse 1)
Second wife of Edward the Elder.
Notes for Eadgifu Of Kent (Spouse 2)
Third wife of Edward the Elder