{"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187114", "qid": "Q187114", "description": "king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)", "entries": 22, "years": 21, "span": [874, 968], "span_label": ["874 CE", "968 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "scandinavian-york", "label": "Scandinavian York", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "gloucester", "label": "Gloucester", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thelred-of-wessex", "label": "Æthelred of Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "danelaw", "label": "Danelaw", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Edward the Elder, king of Wessex (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347164206#Births", "title": "874", "revid": 1347164206, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Prince Edward, the son of King Alfred the Great, defeats the Danish Viking raiders at Farnham, and forces them to take refuge on Thorney Island. At the same time, Danes from East Anglia sail around the Cornish coast, and besiege Exeter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Britain", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 898, "year_label": "898 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Alfred the Great makes his eldest son Edward the Elder co-ruler of Wessex in preparation for his accession to the English throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346095520#Britain", "title": "898", "revid": 1346095520, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – King Alfred the Great dies after a 28-year reign in which he has forced invading Danish Vikings to withdraw, consolidated England around Wessex, divided parts of Mercia into shires, compiled the best laws of earlier kings, encouraged learning by bringing famous scholars to Wessex and made his own translations of Latin works. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Edward the Elder as king of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Britain", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Edward the Elder (son of Alfred the Great) is crowned king of England at Kingston upon Thames.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Europe", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred I) rebels against his cousin, King Edward the Elder. He comes with a fleet to Essex, and encourages the Danish Vikings of East Anglia to rise up.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Britain", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – Battle of the Holme: The Anglo-Saxon army is defeated by the Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred I) at Holme. Æthelwold is killed, ending his revolt against King Edward the Elder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Britain_And_Ireland", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Britain And Ireland"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia refortifies Chester against Viking attacks. King Edward the Elder founds Romsey Abbey (Hampshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#Britain", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 909, "year_label": "909 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the relics of St. Oswald in triumph. Æthelflæd translates them to the new minster in Gloucester, which is renamed St. Oswald's Priory in his honour.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367656270#Britain", "title": "909", "revid": 1367656270, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 910, "year_label": "910 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Battle of Tettenhall: King Edward the Elder attacks the joint-Kings Eowils and Halfdan of Norse York. All three Viking monarchs are killed in battle (one chronicle mentions a third brother) and the Viking army is decisively defeated by allied forces of Mercia and Wessex. The co-Kings are succeeded by Ragnall ua Ímair.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130820#Britain", "title": "910", "revid": 1341130820, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 911, "year_label": "911 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Lord Æthelred of Mercia dies. He is buried in St. Oswald's Priory at Gloucester and is succeeded by his wife, Princess Æthelflæd, as Lady of the Mercians. Her brother, King Edward the Elder, insists on taking control of London and Oxford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372066182#Britain", "title": "AD 911", "revid": 1372066182, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Edward the Elder begins with the 'reconquest' of the Danelaw and occupies Essex. Death of High-Reeve Eadwulf II. He is succeeded by his son Ealdred I, who is almost immediately driven out by King Ragnall ua Ímair of Norse York. Ealdred flees to the court of King Constantine II of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Britain", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Vikings devastate the Welsh coast and move up the Severn River. They capture Bishop Cyfeilliog of Ergyng, and he is ransomed by King Edward the Elder. The Vikings are defeated by levies from Hereford and Gloucester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Britain", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia cements an alliance with King Constantine II of Scotland against Norse York. She captures the fortress at Derby (belonging to the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, King Edward the Elder, takes Towcester. Æthelflæd's armies also ravage Brycheiniog (Wales) in revenge for killing the Mercian abbot Ecbryht (see 916).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Britain", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia begins to intrigue with disaffected factions within the Norse Kingdom of York (also referred to as Jórvik). Mercian troops ravage the local countryside and peacefully overrun the fortress of Leicester (belonging to the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, King Edward the Elder, takes Stamford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509557#Britain", "title": "918", "revid": 1341509557, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 919, "year_label": "919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Lady Ælfwynn of the Mercians is brought to the court of her uncle, King Edward the Elder, and deprived of her authority in Mercia. Edward formally annexes the kingdom, ending independent Mercian rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509579#Britain", "title": "919", "revid": 1341509579, "section": "Events › By Place › Britain"}}, {"year": 920, "year_label": "920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "High-Reeve Ealdred I, ruler of the former kingdom of Bernicia (Northumbria), and his brother Uhtred, submit to the overlordship of King Edward the Elder (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205100#Britain", "title": "920", "revid": 1349205100, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons, is killed in battle at Farndon-Upon-Dee while leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control over Mercia, including some of the Danelaw, the Danish-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son, Æthelstan, is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons support Ælfweard, to be Edward's successor as King of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#July—September", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › July—September"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Edward the Elder, king of Wessex", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#Deaths", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 933, "year_label": "933 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Prince Edwin, the youngest son of the late King Edward the Elder, is drowned en route to the West Frankish Kingdom and buried at Saint-Bertin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917339#England", "title": "933", "revid": 1364917339, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 936, "year_label": "936 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – King Henry I (\"the Fowler\") dies at his royal palace in Memleben, Thuringia, after a 17-year reign. He is succeeded by his 23-year-old son Otto I, who is married to Eadgyth, a daughter of the late King Edward the Elder. Otto is the first German king to be crowned in Charlemagne's former capital of Aachen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512077#Europe", "title": "936", "revid": 1341512077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eadgifu, wife of Edward the Elder (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Deaths", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Deaths"}}]}