Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia

875 - 924  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Eadward "the Elder"
  Suffix	King of Wessex and Mercia
  Born	Between 871 and 875  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 872  [2]
  Died	17 Jul 924	Fardon, Cheshire, England   [2, 3]
  Alternate death	925  [4]
  Buried	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Ælfthryth of Wessex ,   b. Abt 870,   d. 7 Jun 929  (Age ~ 59 years) + 2. Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia ,   b. Between 871 and 875,   d. 17 Jul 924, Fardon, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Person ID	I11264	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of FW, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex,   b. 848, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 26 Oct 899  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Ealhswith,   d. 5 Dec 902
  Married	869  [1]
  Family ID	F3514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ælfflaed,   d. 918
  Married	Bef 901  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Eadgyth,   d. 26 Jan 946 + 2. Eadgifu of Wessex,   b. 902,   d. 951  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F1573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eadgifu of Kent,   d. Aft 966
  Married	919  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Eadmund, King of Wessex and Mercia,   b. Abt 922,   d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F2216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Eadweard's nickname of 'the Elder' is not contemporary, but was assigned later to distinguish him from the two other Anglo-Saxon kings of that name." [The Henry Project]

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., date only. [S764] Nathaniel L. Taylor, "Dynastic Chronology: Western Europe, X - XIII Centuries.".