'''ĒadweardĒadƿeard se Ieldra''' ([[871]]? - [[17 Mǣdmōnaþ]], [[924]]) wæsƿæs [[Engla Cyning]] of [[899]] oþ [[924]]. Hē wæsƿæs [[Ælfrēd Micela|Ælfrēdes Miclan]] ieldesta sunu, and wearþƿearþ [[Westseaxna Cyning|Ƿestseaxna Cyning]] æfter his fæderes dēaðe in [[899]].
ĒadweardĒadƿeard mōt man secgan exceeded Ælfrēdes military achievements, eftbrohtede þæt [[Denelagu]] be Engla rīce and he ricsode on [[Mierce|Miercum]] of [[918]], æfter his sweostorsƿeostor dēaþ, [[Æðelflǣd]]. Þæn fang he ǣrrste to rīce in his geoguðe be niede feaht he his cousin [[Æþelwald|Æþelƿald]], se wæsƿæs [[Æþelrǣd I Westseaxna Cyning|ǣroste Æthelrǣdes]] sunu forþǣm þe ÆþelwaldÆþelƿald sohtede his cynedōm and heald ān cuyninges tūn wiþƿiþ his nefan. Æfter þe ĒadweardĒadƿeard ǢþelwealdǢþelƿeald flīemede, cwōmcƿōm ǢþelwealdǢþelƿeald on Norþanhymbrum and þā Norþmenn hæfde him to bēon cyning on þǣm rīce, oð ðe ĒadweardĒadƿeard slōg him on wælfeldeƿælfelde.
Sēo gegifene onlīcnes included here is imaginary and was drawn together with portraits of other [[Anglo-Saxon]] cyningum be ungecrawnumungecraƿnum cræftere in þǣm [[18, gearhund]].
==Cynn==
ĒadweardĒadƿeard Cyning hæfde onbūtan eahtatīene cildru of his þrim marriages, and may have had an illegitimate bearn ēac. Hē forþferde in [[924]] his byrgen wæsƿæs æt [[Wintanceaster|WintanceastreǷintanceastre]].
His dohtor, [[Ēadgifu Ēadweardes Cyninged dohotor|Ēadgifu]], ceorlode [[Carl III Francena Cyning]], se hātte Carl se Ānfealda. Hire sunu wearþƿearþ cyning [[Hloðwig IV Francena Cyning|Hloðƿig IV Francena Cyning]].
