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King of the West Saxons. He succeeded his
father Alfred the Great 899. He reconquered
SE England and the Midlands from the Danes,
uniting Wessex and Mercia with the help of
his sister, Athelflad. By the time Edward
died, his kingdom was the most powerful in
the British Isles. He was succeeded by his
son Athelstan.