King Edward "the Elder" of England

875 - 924  (49 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Edward "the Elder" of England
  Prefix	King
  Nickname	the Elder
  Birth	875
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jul 924	Farndon-on-Dee
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. Edmund of England,   b. 873   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. King Edward "the Elder" of England,   b. 875   d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon-on-Dee  (Age 49 years) ▻ Eggwyn,  m. 893 ;   Edgiva of Kent,  m. 918 ;   Alflaed of Wiltshire   3. Æthelgeofu of England,   b. 875   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Æfthryth of Wessex,   b. 877   d. 7 Jun 929  (Age 52 years) ▻ Graaf Boudewijn II van Vlaanderen, "De Kale" + 5. Æthelweard of England,   b. 879   d. 16 Oct 922  (Age 43 years) ▻ + 6. Princess Æthelflaed of England,   b. 880, Wessex, England d. 12 Jun 918, St. Peter's, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 38 years) ▻ Earl Ethelred of Mercia + 7. King Athelstan of the Saxons,   b. 878   d. Yes, date unknown ▻
  Person ID	I6501	Geneagraphie | Voorouders HW, Ahnen BvS
  Links To	This person is also Edward I van Engeland (I30995) in the Nederlandse voorouders tree on this site
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	King Alfred "the Great" of England,   b. 848, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 26 Oct 901, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Æhlswith of the Gainas,   b. 852   d. 5 Dec 905 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	869
  Family ID	F2929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eggwyn   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	893	Wessex
  Children	1. King Æthelstan of England,   b. Abt 895   d. 939 (Age 44 years) + 2. St. Edith of England,   b. 897, Wessex, England d. 937 (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F2926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Edgiva of Kent,   b. 896   d. 25 Aug 968 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	918
  Children	1. Edburg of England,   b. 897   d. 1 Feb 924 (Age 27 years)   2. Edgifu of England,   b. 906   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. King Edmund I "the Magnifice of England,   b. 923   d. 26 May 946, Puckle church (Age 23 years)   4. King Edred of England,   b. 924   d. 23 Nov 955 (Age 31 years) + 5. NN of England   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Adele of England   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Hedwig of England   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Princess Elgiva of England,   b. Abt 912, Wessex, England d. 28 Oct 951, La Trinite, de Poitiers, France (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F2925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 3	Alflaed of Wiltshire,   b. 878   d. 919 (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Ethelwerd of England,   b. 900   d. 924 (Age 24 years)   2. Ethelgild of England,   b. 902   d. 933 (Age 31 years) + 3. Elfleda of England,   b. 903   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Eadgifu Ogive of England,   b. 904, Wessex d. 955 (Age 51 years)   5. Edhild Eadhilde of England,   b. 908, Wessex d. 14 Sep 937, France (Age 29 years) + 6. Adiva of England,   b. 912   d. 28 Oct + 7. Edgyth of England,   b. 915   d. 21 Jan 947 (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F2927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Koning van Engeland 899-924 (900-24 AD) Son of Alfred the Great, Edward immediately succeeded his father to the throne. His main achievement was to use the military platform created by his father to bring back, under English control, the whole of the Danelaw, south of the Humber River.