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Edward The Elder 899-924 AD House of Wessex
Edward the Elder (Old English : Eadweard se Ieldra) (c. 874-7 - 17 July 924) was an English king . He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great . His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex . He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd , his sister.
All but two of his charters give his title as "king of the Anglo-Saxons" (Anglorum Saxonum rex).He was the second king of the Anglo-Saxons as this title was created by Alfred. Edward's coinage reads "EADVVEARD REX."The chroniclers record that all England "accepted Edward as lord" in 920. But the fact that York continued to produce its own coinage suggests that Edward's authority was not accepted in Viking-ruled Northumbria . Edward's eponym "the Elder" was first used in Wulfstan 's Life of St Æthelwold (tenth century) to distinguish him from the later King Edward the Martyr.
***Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924 AD) AR Penny. Flower type. +EADVVEARD REX around central circle containing small cross pattee / large lis comprised of linear foral elements, with semicircular sides; name, BV GA within.
****Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder AR Penny. East Anglia mint. Portrait type. +EADVVEARD REX around central circle enclosing diademed & draped bust left / inscription in two lines: NEIOIR / MEICIO in upper & lower registers, pellets above & below, with three crosses across center.
+Anglo-Saxon Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924) AR Penny. Ealdwulf, moneyer. +EADVVEARD REX around small cross / •EALDV +++ VLF MO•.
Edward the Elder (Old English : Eadweard se Ieldra) (c. 874-7 - 17 July 924) was an English king . He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great . His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex . He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd , his sister.
All but two of his charters give his title as "king of the Anglo-Saxons" (Anglorum Saxonum rex).He was the second king of the Anglo-Saxons as this title was created by Alfred. Edward's coinage reads "EADVVEARD REX."The chroniclers record that all England "accepted Edward as lord" in 920. But the fact that York continued to produce its own coinage suggests that Edward's authority was not accepted in Viking-ruled Northumbria . Edward's eponym "the Elder" was first used in Wulfstan 's Life of St Æthelwold (tenth century) to distinguish him from the later King Edward the Martyr.
***Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924 AD) AR Penny. Flower type. +EADVVEARD REX around central circle containing small cross pattee / large lis comprised of linear foral elements, with semicircular sides; name, BV GA within.
****Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder AR Penny. East Anglia mint. Portrait type. +EADVVEARD REX around central circle enclosing diademed & draped bust left / inscription in two lines: NEIOIR / MEICIO in upper & lower registers, pellets above & below, with three crosses across center.
+Anglo-Saxon Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924) AR Penny. Ealdwulf, moneyer. +EADVVEARD REX around small cross / •EALDV +++ VLF MO•.
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