the ledger of connections
The Connections of Edward the Elder
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924) Every person recorded alongside Edward the Elder in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Edward the Elder in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Alfred the Great, Ealhswith
- Spouses
- Ecgwynn, Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Elder, Eadgifu of Kent
- Children
- Æthelstan, Eadgifu of Wessex, Ælfweard of Wessex, Eadgyth, Edwin, son of Edward the Elder, Edmund I, Edred of England, Eadburh of Winchester, Eadhild, Edith of Polesworth, Alfred, Eadgifu
- Siblings
- Æthelflæd, Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, Æthelgifu, Æthelweard
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 874 CE to 924 CE.
Medieval era
Mahavira
800 CE – 875 CE
Mathematician
Medieval era
Alfred the Great
849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Fatima al-Fihri
800 CE – 880 CE
Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Hywel Dda
880 CE – 950 CE
10th-century Welsh king
Medieval era
Dunstan
909 CE – May 19, 988 CE
Archbishop of Canterbury and saint
Medieval era
Charles the Bald
June 13, 823 CE – October 6, 877 CE
King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877