Genealogist David H. Kelley and historian Pauline Stafford have identified him as Æthelhelm, a son of Edward's uncle, King Æthelred of Wessex.
His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex.
Following the Norman conquest, the minster was replaced by Hyde Abbey and King Edward's body was transferred there.
Appearances The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
A man of Wessex, he was probably born in the 870s and died in 924. Timeline for King Edward The Elder.
He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great (Ælfred se Greata). Biography. At the age of twenty-two, he appears to have married a noblewoman named Egwina, though the wedding may have been uncanonical and was not recognized in some quarters. Edward the Elder, King of the English (AD 871-924) Edward was the eldest son of King Alfred the Great and Queen Elswith. He was king from 899 until his death in 924.
Edmund I, king of the English (939–946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupied by the Vikings. The young boy lay drowsing in the palace orchard, high on a breezy hill overlooking the deep blue bay of Daggerfall.
Edward the Elder (c. 874-877-17 July 924) was a West Saxon nobleman. Well-trained by Alfred, his son Edward 'the Elder' (reigned 899-924) was a bold soldier who defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910 and was acknowledged by the Viking kingdom of York. King Edward, Book I is a book in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. Following the Norman conquest, the minster was replaced by Hyde Abbey and King Edward's body was transferred there. Name: King Edward The Elder Born: c.871 Parents: Alfred the Great and Ealswith of Mercia … He succeeded to the title of King of Wessex and Mercia in October 899; He was crowned King of Wessex and Mercia in May 900 at Kingston-upon-Thames, London. Chapter One: Departure from Daggerfall
Year Event; 900: Edward the Elder, son of Alfred, crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames: 901: Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Angles and Saxons" 902: Eric, ruler of the Danes in East Anglia, dies in the Battle of Holme: 910: Reconquest of Danelaw lands begins. Edward the Elder died while leading an army to combat a Cambro-Mercian rebellion, on 17 July 924 at Farndon-on-Dee, Mercia, his body was buried at the the New Minster at Winchester, which Edward himself had established.
He was the eldest son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith of Mercia.Edward became King after Alfred died 26th October 899.
Edward the Elder (Old English Eadweard cyning; c. 874–877 – 17 July 924) was an English king.He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great.His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex. He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd, his sister. Long, long ago, when the world was in its springtime, before the Redguards came and the glorious Septim Empire was formed, but after the goblins had driven the dwarves out of Hammerfell, a son, Edward, was born to King Corcyr I of Daggerfall and his Queen, Aliera of Wayrest.. Edward the Confessor was the first Anglo-Saxon and the only king of England to be canonised, but he was part of a tradition of (uncanonised) English royal saints, such as Eadburh of Winchester, a daughter of Edward the Elder, Edith of Wilton, a daughter of Edgar the Peaceful, and the boy-king Edward … He was king from 899 until his death in 924. He was king from 899 until his death in 924. The King Edward books are a twelve part series appearing in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. He was the son of Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and Ealhswith, a Mercian noblewoman. Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King Alfred the Great died on October 26th and Edward, his son, became king of Wessex.
After his father’s death in 899, and like Alfred, he was called king of the Anglo-Saxons, reflecting his overlordship of … Edward the Elder was a real King and he was ruler of the Anglo-Saxons from the year 899 until he died in the year 924. Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons (899-924), was probably born in the 870s (he was the second child of a marriage of 868, and led troops in battle in 893). Edward the Elder (Old English: Eadweard se Ieldra) (c. 870 17 July 924) was an Anglo-Saxon English king.