Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » Edward I "The Elder" of Wessex, King of Wessex (871-924)

Personal data Edward I "The Elder" of Wessex, King of Wessex 

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Household of Edward I "The Elder" of Wessex, King of Wessex

Waarschuwing Attention: Spouse (Singrid HJort Ringerike Helgesdotter) is 59 years older.

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Ælfflæd (Elfleda) de Domerham de Wiltshire,) is also his cousin.

(1) He has/had a relationship with Singrid HJort Ringerike Helgesdotter.


(2) He is married to Eadgifu (Edgiva) of Kent,.

They got married in the year 919 at Anglo Saxon Wessex, he was 48 years old.Source 6

They got married in the year 919 at Wessex, England, he was 48 years old.

They got married in the year 919, he was 48 years old.Source 6

They got married in the year 919, he was 48 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Adele of Wessex  901-944 


(3) He is married to Ælfflæd (Elfleda) de Domerham de Wiltshire,.

They got married before 901 at Wessex, England***Data is already there***.

They got married before 901 at Wessex, England.

They got married at England.

They got married about 899 at Wessex, England.

They got married in the year 919, he was 48 years old.Source 6

They got married at Wessex, England.Source 6

They got married before 902 at 2nd wife.Source 11


Child(ren):

  6. Alberic of England  910-???? 


Child(ren):

  1. Aelfgifu (Elgifa)  895-1004 


Notes about Edward I "The Elder" of Wessex, King of Wessex

Edward, byname EDWARD THE ELDER (d. 17 July 924, Farndon on Dee, England), Anglo Saxon king in England, the son of Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 899 to 924, Edward extended his authority over almost all of England by conquering areas that previously had been held by Danish invaders.e in 902 his forces killed a rival claimant, Aethelwald, who had allied with the Danes. After defeating the Northumbrian Danes at Tettenhall, he set out in August 912 to subdue the Danes of the eastern Midlands and East Anglia. From 910 to 916 he constructed a series of fortified enclosures around his Kingdom of Wessex.d a complementary series of fortresses in the northwest Midlands. In 917 Edward and Aethelflaed launched a massive offensive, quickly overwhelming the entire Danish army of East Anglia. Upon Aethelflaed's death in June 918, Edward assumed control of Mercia, and by the end of the year the last Danish armies in the Midlands had submitted. By that time Edward's kingdom included all the lands south of the Humber estuary; in 920 he pacified Northumbria. Complete political unification of England was achieved during the reign of his son and successor, Athelstan (reigned 924-939). [Encyclopaedia Britannica]sweb.com:d soldier who defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910 and was acknowledged by the Viking kingdom of York. The kings of Strathclyde and the Scots submitted to Edward in 921. By military success and patient planning, Edward spread English influence and control. Much of this was due to his alliance with his formidable sister Aethelflaed, who was married to the ruler of Mercia and seems to have governed that kingdom after her husband's death.dward died in 924, and he was buried in the New Minster which he had had completed at Winchester. Edward was twice married, but it is possible that his eldest son Athelstan was the son of a mistress.idgenorth, Shrewsbury, Warwick, Gloucester and Tamworth. Known as The Lady of the Mercians, she died in 918 and Mercia was then united with Wessex. In 914, Edward secured the release of the Bishop of Llandaff (Cardiff) who had been captured by the Norsemen and following this, the princes of both North and South Wales pledged their perpetual allegiance to him. Edward doubled the size of the kingdom during his reign. It is now generally acknowledged that Edward died on the 7th July 924 but some historians give the date as 925. His death occurred at Farndon in Cheshire and he was buried at Winchester. Abroad, the African state of Ghana was at the peak of it's power. And, an event that was to affect England a century and a half later, the Viking Rollo (Rolf) was acknowledged as the Lord of Normandy in France.

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Sources

  1. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
    Birth date: 871 Birth place: Wessex, England Death date: 26 Aug 924 Death place: Farrington, Berkshire, Eng, England
  2. Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 161-2
  3. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28696621&pid=1088
  4. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Ancestry.com, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 06; Page: 419
  5. Edra Traeger Hayes, his cousin who lives in Porterville, Tulare Co., CA
    Date of Import: Jan 5, 2003
  6. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
  7. The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968, 21
  8. Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Edward, The Elder
  9. Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Family History Library ADR1 35 N West Temple Street ADR2 Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
  10. Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Alan B. Wilson, 30 Dec 1998
  11. Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, United Kingdom, Ancestry of British Royal House
    no date, 2nd wife

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