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Personal data Eduard I "de Oudere" van Wessex 


Household of Eduard I "de Oudere" van Wessex

(1) He is married to Edgiva van Kent.

They got married about 920.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Aelfleda Bernicia van Kent.

They got married about 890.


Child(ren):

  1. Eadgyva van Wessex  ± 896-± 951 
  2. Edith van Wessex  ± 912-946 


Notes about Eduard I "de Oudere" van Wessex

De Oudere, koning van Wessex
Koning van 901 tot 924.
Edward together with his sister Ethelfleda of Mercia, fought stoutly against the Danes. Ethelfleda built many forts notably at Chester, Hereford, Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury, Warwick, Gloucester and Tamworth. Known as the Lady of the Mercians, she died in 918 and Mercia was the united with Wessex. In 914, Edward secured the release of the bishop of Llandaff (Cardiff) who had been captured by the Norsemen an following this, the princes of both North an 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.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Eduard I van Wessex

Aethelwulf van Wessex
± 820-858
Osburga van Wight
± 820-858

Eduard I van Wessex
± 874-924

(1) ± 920

Edgiva van Kent
± 890-± 955

Edmund I van Engeland
921-946
(2) ± 890

Aelfleda Bernicia van Kent
± 870-± 915

Eadgyva van Wessex
± 896-± 951
Edith van Wessex
± 912-946

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