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King Edward The Elder ( 899 - 924 )
900 - Edward the Elder, son of Alfred, crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames
901 - Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Angles and Saxons"
902 - Eric, ruler of the Danes in East Anglia, dies in the Battle of Ho l m e
910 - Reconquest of Danelaw lands begins. The last great Viking army se n t t o r avage England is defeated by an army of Wessex and Mercia.
913 - Edward the Elder recaptures Essex from the Danes
915 - Edward is accepted as overlord by Ragnald ruler of the Viking Kin g d o m of York
916 - Edward's sister Aethelflaed of Mercia attacks and conquers most o f W a l es
916 - Vikings establish settlements at Dublin and Waterford in Ireland
918 - Edward becomes ruler of Mercia following the death of his sister A e t h elflaed
920 - Edward takes East Anglia from the Danes
923 - The Scottish King Constantine II submits to Edward
924 - Edward dies at Farndon-on-Dee near Chester leading an army agains t t h e W elsh. He is buried in Winchester.
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874 - 924 (50 years)