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| Edward, the Elder
(874 - 924)
| Timeline |
| 874 |
Edward the Elder born to Alfred the Great and Elswith (date approx.) |
| 893 |
Marries (?) noblewoman named Egwina (Ecgwynn) - she bears King Æthelstan and Edith (who later marries Sihtric, the Norse king of York) |
| 899 |
Father dies, rebellion breaks out in favour of Æthelwold, son of King Aethelred I |
| 900 |
Egwina set aside, Edward marries Aelflaed (Ælfflæd). She bears Ælfweard, king of England for less than a month; Eadwine; the nun Eadflæd; the lay recluse Æthelhild; Eadgifu who married Charles the Simple, king of the Franks; Eadhild who married Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks; another daughter Ælfgifu; and Edith who married the German Emperor Otto I |
| 902 |
13 December - Battle of the Holme, Edward defeats Æthelwold |
| 906 |
Edward makes peace with the East Anglian and Northumbrian Danes |
| 910 |
English forces defeat the Danish northern army; Anglian forces defeat the Danes of East Anglia |
| 911 |
Northumbrians plunder East Anglia |
| 917 |
East Anglia conquered |
| 918 |
Mercians submit to Edward |
| 919 |
Marries Eadgifu, who bears Edmund the Magnificent; Eadred, king of England; the nun Eadburh; and Eadgifu who married Louis of Aquitaine |
| 920 |
The king of the Scots, Rægnald, the Northumbrians, Danes, the Norse and the Welsh of Strathclyde submit to Edward |
| 924 |
Edward dies on 17 July |
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