Edward the Elder
c. 874 – 924 · 50 years · Winchester · Europe
Reign: 899 – 924 (England and Britain)
Son of Alfred the Great. With his sister Æthelflæd he recovered East Anglia and the Midlands from the Danes and took over Mercia, paving the way for a united England.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Æthelstan — first king of all England, victor at Brunanburh, 20 years younger
- Alfred the Great — King of Wessex who held off the Vikings, 25 years older
- Otto the Great — founder of the Holy Roman Empire who crushed the Magyars at the Lech, 38 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Igor of Kiev — prince of Kiev killed by the Drevlians over a second tribute, 4 years younger
- Oleg the Wise — prince who united Novgorod and Kiev and campaigned against Constantinople, 29 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 882 Oleg takes Kiev — aged 8, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 895 Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin — aged 21, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 900 The bronzes of Igbo-Ukwu — aged 26, Africa
- c. 900 Rise of Chichen Itza — aged 26, Americas