Eadweard se Ieldra | |
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Cynedom | 26 Winterfylleþ, 899 – 17 Mǣdmonaþ, 924 |
Gehalgod | 8 Seremonaþ 900, Cyningestun on Suðrige |
Foregenga | Ælfred Micela |
Æftergenga | Ælfweard and Æðelstan |
Bryd | Ecgwynn, Aelffaed, and Edgiva |
Fæder | Ælfred Micela |
Modor | Ealhswiþ |
Geboren | c.871 Westseaxena Rice |
Deaþ | 17 Mædmonað 924 Farndon-on-Dee on Legeceasterscire |
Byrgen | Seo Niwe Mynster on Wintanceastre, æfterweard brohtede to Hyde Mynster |
Eadweard Ieldra (Niwenglisc: Edward the Elder; 871? - 17 Mǣdmonaþ, 924) wæs Engla Cyning of 899 oþ 924. He wæs Ælfredes Miclan ieldesta sunu, ond wearþ Westseaxna Cyning æfter his fæderes deaðe in 899.
Eadweard mot man secgan foreðah Ælfredes siga, eftbrohtede þæt Denelagu be Engla rice ond he ricsode on Miercum of 918, æfter his sweostor deaþ, Æðelflǣd. Þa fang he ǣrrste to rice on his geoguðe be niede feaht he wið his nefan Æþelwald, se wæs ǣroste Æthelrǣdes sunu forþǣm þe Æþelwald sohtede his cynedom ond heald an cyninges tun wiþ his nefan. Æfter þe Eadweard Ǣþelweald fliemede, cwom Ǣþelweald on Norþanhymbrum ond þa Norþmenn hæfde him to beon cyning on þǣm rice, oð ðe Eadweard slog him on wælfelde.