Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 17 July 924), elder son of Alfred the Great, ruled as king of the Anglo-Saxons from 899. He first defeated a bid for the crown by his cousin Æthelwold, and in 910 his army crushed the Northumbrian Vikings.

With his sister Æthelflæd he then conquered Viking-held eastern and southern England, and in 918 imposed direct rule on Mercia. After putting down a Mercian and Welsh revolt at Chester in 924, he died at Farndon and was succeeded by his son Æthelstan.