Edward I SAXON, "the Elder"

Abt 870 - 925  (55 years)

• Name	Edward I SAXON
  Suffix	"the Elder"
  Birth	Abt 870	, , England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	King of Wessex & England
  Death	27 Oct 925	Farndon-on-Dee, Cheshire, England
  Burial	IN 925	Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
  Notes	Suceeded his Father about 901. He raised the supremacy of Wessex into something little short of imperial authority, holding sway over Mercia, East Anglia and Northumberland. His death may have been in 924. Succeeded by the son of his 1st marriage. {Burke's Peerage & Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}
  Person ID	I6849	Gadd
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	Alfred SAXON, "the Great",   b. Abt 848, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 26 Oct 900, Winchester, Hampshire (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Ealhswith MUCILL,   b. 0852   d. 0902 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	IN 868
  Family ID	F2498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ecgwyn (EGWINA)
  Children	1. Athelstan SAXON, Rex totius Britanniae,   b. Abt 859, England d. 27 Oct 939, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Aelflaed _______
  Children	1. Elfwaerd SAXON   d. IN 925   2. Edwin SAXON   d. IN 933   3. Eadfled SAXON   4. Eadgifu SAXON   5. Ethelhild SAXON   6. Eadhild SAXON   7. Eadgyth SAXON   8. Elfgifu SAXON
  Family ID	F2500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Eadgifu,   b. Abt 910   d. 25 Aug 968 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Bef 921	, , England
  Children	+ 1. Edmund I SAXON, "the Magnificent",   b. IN 921, , , England d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England (Age 25 years)   2. Edred SAXON, King of the English   d. 23 Nov 955, Frome, Somerset   3. Eadburga + 4. Eadgifu
  Family ID	F2496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart