Edward the Elder

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edward_the_Elder
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:birthDate c. 874
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
gptkbp:child gptkb:Eadred
gptkb:Æthelstan
gptkb:Eadgifu_of_Wessex
gptkb:Eadburh
gptkb:Eadgyth
gptkb:Edmund_I
gptkbp:coronationDate 899
gptkbp:deathDate 17 July 924
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Farndon,_Cheshire
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Wessex
gptkbp:era gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward the Elder
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Ealhswith
gptkbp:notableAchievement Consolidated control over much of England
Defeated Viking invaders
Expanded territory north of the Thames
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:reignEnd 924
gptkbp:reignStart 899
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Æthelflæd
gptkb:Æthelweard
gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ælfflæd
gptkb:Eadgifu
gptkb:Ecgwynn
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Æthelstan
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:King_of_the_Anglo-Saxons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4