Edward of Wessex I "The Elder" ¹

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
Son of Alfred the Great, Edward immediately succeeded his father to the throne. His main achievement was to use the military platform created by his father to bring back, under English control, the whole of the Danelaw, south of the Humber River.
When Alfred died, Edward's cousin Æthelwold, the son of King Æthelred of Wessex, rose up to claim the throne and began Æthelwold's Revolt. He seized Wimborne, in Dorset, where his father was buried, and Christchurch (then in Hampshire, now in Dorset). Edward marched to Badbury and offered battle, but Æthelwold refused to leave Wimborne. Just when it looked as if Edward was going to attack Wimborne, Æthelwold left in the night, and joined the Danes in Northumbria, where he was announced as King. In the meantime, Edward is alleged to have been crowned at Kingston upon Thames on 8 June 900

  Noted events in his life were:

• Title, 899. ² King of Wessex

Edward married Ecgwyn of Wessex.

Edward next married Ælfflæd of Wessex.

Edward next married Eadgifu of Kent, daughter of Ealdorman Sigehelm OF KENT and Unknown.