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Edward the Elder
king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- June 874
- Died
- 17 July 924
- Conflict
- Battle of Tempsford
- Place of birth
- Wantage
- Place of death
- Farndon
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- Alfred the Great
- Mother
- Ealhswith
- Child
- Æthelstan, Eadgifu of Wessex, Ælfweard of Wessex, Eadgyth, Edwin, son of Edward the Elder, Edmund I, Edred of England, Eadburh of Winchester, Eadhild, Edith of Polesworth, Alfred, Eadgifu
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- king, monarch, monarch of England
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex, England
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of family
- House of Wessex
- name in native language
- Ēadweard se Ieldra
- place of burial
- Winchester Cathedral
- topic's main category
- Category:Edward the Elder
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