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Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551 –1619) was an English painter active in the later part of Elizabeth I's reign and for most of the reign of James I. In 1604, he was appointed picture maker to the heir to the throne, Prince Henry ; and in 1607, serjeant-painter to King James I – a post he shared with John De Critz .
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – AD 79), called Pliny the Elder ( / ˈplɪni / ), [1] was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia ( Natural History ), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.
Edward I (16 June 874 — 17 July 924) nicknamed the Elder or the Great was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the oldest child of the West Saxon king, Alfred, and his wife, Ealhswith of Mercia. During Edward's reign, Wessex greatly expanded and that England was almost unified, however, Edward died before he could ...
Edward the Elder (Old English: Ēadweard se Ieldra) (c.874-877 – 17 July 924) was King of England (899 – 924). He was the son of Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd se Grēata) and Alfred's wife, Ealhswith, and became King of Wessex upon his father's death in 899. Edward's succession to his father was not assured. When Alfred died, Edward's cousin Aethelwold, the son of King Aethelred I, rose up to ...
4 de ago. de 2023 · Family Overview. Edward the Elder was the son of one of the greatest Kings of England and the brother to a successful Queen of Mercia. He would have three wives and seemed to be a bit more promiscuous than his father and son Athelstan. Three of his sons would become King and try to continue what Alfred, Edward, and Athelstan had completed.
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Edith of Polesworth (possibly) Ecgwynn or Ecgwynna (Old English Eċġwynn, lit. "sword joy"; fl. 890s), was the first consort of Edward the Elder, later King of the English (reigned 899–924), by whom she bore the future King Æthelstan (r. 924–939), and a daughter who married Sihtric Cáech, Norse king of Dublin, Ireland, and Northumbria.
