Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia

875 - 924  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Eadward "the Elder"
  Suffix	King of Wessex and Mercia
  Birth	Between 871 and 875  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 872  [2]
  Death	17 Jul 924	Fardon, Cheshire, England   [2, 3]
  Alternate death	925  [4]
  Burial	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Ælfthryth of Wessex ,   b. Abt 870   d. 7 Jun 929  (Age ~ 59 years) ▻ Baldwin II "The Bald" ,  m. 884 + 2. Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia ,   b. Between 871 and 875   d. 17 Jul 924, Fardon, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years) ▻ Ælfflaed ,  m. Bef 901 ;  Eadgifu of Kent ,  m. 919
  Person ID	I11264	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of FF, Ancestor of FW, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JDM, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  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
  Marriage	869  [1]
  Family ID	F3514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• 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.".