"Edward"@en . . "Edward the Elder (Old English: Eadweard cyning; c. 874\u2013877 \u2013 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 \u00C6thelfl\u00E6d, his sister.All but two of his charters give his title as \"Anglorum Saxonum rex\" or \"king of the Anglo-Saxons\"."@en . . . . "King of the Anglo-Saxons" . . . . "0924-07-17Z"^^ . . . . . "0924Z"^^ . "0871Z"^^ . "0899Z"^^ . "Edward the Elder"@en . . . "0924Z"^^ . .