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Edward the Elder

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Edward the Elder
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(Biographies / Edward the Elder (death date: 924) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died 924 ad, king of England (899-924), son of Alfred the Great
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Noun1.Edward the Elder - king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)


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It is thought to be part of a larger panel of stone carving or a section of a cross from the 9th or early 10th century - the time of King Alfred and his son Edward the Elder.
The inquest into contemporary life by government was not new; it dated from at least Edward the Elder if not Alfred the Great.
and given the possible answers a) Edward the Elder b) Edward the Confessor c) Edmund Ironside or d) Edward the Martyr.
 
 
 
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