930 - 957 (27 years)
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4. | Henry I "the Fowler", Holy Roman Emperor was born in 876 in Germany (son of Otto "the Illustrious", Duke of Saxony and Count in South Thuringia and Hedwige, Princess of Bavaria); died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also the Emperor of Germany and the Duke of Saxony.
- Crowned: 912; He was crowned the Emperor of Germany.
- Crowned: 919
- Reign: From 919 to 936; Holy Roman Emperor
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Henry married Saint Mechtilde von Ringelheim in 909. Mechtilde (daughter of Dietrich, Count of Ringelheim and Reginhilde von Friesland) was born between 890 and 900 in Memleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; died on 14 Mar 968; was buried in Quedinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Edward "the Elder", King of England was born in 875 in Kingdom of Wessex, England (son of Alfred "the Great", King of England and Ealhswith of Mercia); died on 17 Jul 924 in Farndon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Edward was Bretwala, King of Kings. He was also the King of Wessex.
- Military: From 899 to 902; Alfred died on 26 October 899 and Edward succeeded to the throne, but Æthelwold disputed the succession. He seized the royal estates of Wimborne, symbolically important as the place where his father was buried, and Christchurch, both in Dorset. Edward marched with his army to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Badbury Rings. Æthelwold declared that he would live or die at Wimborne, but then left in the night and rode to Northumbria, where the Danes accepted him as king.
In 901, Æthelwold came with a fleet to Essex, and the following year he persuaded the East Anglian Danes to invade English Mercia and northern Wessex, where his army looted and then returned home. Edward retaliated by ravaging East Anglia, but when he retreated the men of Kent disobeyed the order to retire, and were intercepted by the Danish army. The two sides met at the Battle of the Holme (perhaps Holme in Huntingdonshire) on 13 December 902. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Danes "kept the place of slaughter", meaning that they won the battle, but they suffered heavy losses, including Æthelwold and a King Eohric, possibly of the East Anglian Danes. Kentish losses included Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent and father of Edward's third wife, Eadgifu. Æthelwold's death ended the threat to Edward's throne.
- Reign: From 900 to 924; King of England
- Crowned: 8 Jun 900, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; He was crowned.
- Military: 918; Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920.
- Last Full Review: 2 May 2021
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Death: Sewell states he died 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England.
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He died while attempting to put down a rebellion by Mercian and Cambrian dissidents.
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He was buried in the New Minster, a monastery in Winchester whose construction he had ordered in 901. In 1110, his remains were reinterred at Hyde Abbey, but the grave was disturbed during the construction of a prison in 1788 and his bones were lost.
Edward married Ælfflæd about 899. Ælfflæd (daughter of Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia) was born about 878 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Ælfflæd was born about 878 in Kingdom of Wessex, England (daughter of Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia); died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Charter/Grant/Gift: 901; She was described as conjux regis in a charter of 901.
- Last Full Review: 2 May 2021
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12. | Alfred "the Great", King of England was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England (son of Æthelwulf, King of England and Osburh); died on 28 Oct 901; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Crowned: 871, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England; In 871, he was crowned King of England in Winchester Cathedral.
- Reign: From 871 to 899; King of England
- Military: From 878 to 886; The Danes invaded England and threatened Wessex in 878. After a campaign of guerrilla warfare, Alfred defeated the Danes at Edington in 878. Once his victory had been established, he allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia and East Anglica provided that their King, Guthrum, converted to Christianity. To keep the coasts safe, he built a navy and used it, and a chain of fortifications, to thwart the Danes in 885 to 886 and 892 to 896. In 886, he captured London, thus gaining control over all of England save for the Dane Law.
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Alfred married Ealhswith of Mercia in 868 in England. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough and Eadburh of Mercia) was born about 852 in Kingdom of Mercia; died in 904 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Æthelgyth of Mercia (daughter of Æthelwulf, Ealdoman of Mercia). Other Events and Attributes:
- History: She was the heiress of Risborough, which later was granted to Æthelfryth by King Edward in 903, as its charter was destroyed by fire.
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