Acceded 31 May 900, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

Reigned 899-924.

He defeated the Danes (918), taking East Anglia, and also conquered Mercia (918) and Northumria (920).

Edward, the Elder, King of England, 901-924; b. 875; d. 924; m. (3) 919, Eadgifu, d. 961, dau. of Sigehelm, Earl of Kent. (“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,” 924, 924; “Dictionary of National Biography,” (English), I, 157; “New Standard Encyclopedia,” X, 193).55