The Arabic text of the abridgment of Edrisi's work, which is now extremely scarce, appeared under the following Latin title : De Geographia univereali, Hortulus cultisaimus, mire orbis regiones, pro vincia.s, insular, urbee, earumque dimensiones et orizonta, describene,' Romm, in typographia Medicea, 1592, 4to. The Latin translation of the same by Gabriel Sionita and Johannes Hesronita, bears the title : Geographia Nubiensis, id eat, accuratissima totius orbis in eeptem climata divisi descriptio,' Paris, 1619, 4th. Of other publications relating to the work of Edrisi we shall mention only two : 'llescripcion de Espana de Serif Aledris conocido por el Nubieuse ; con traduccion y notes de Den J. A. Conde,' Madrid, 1799, 8vo ; and J. M. Hartmann's ' Commentatio de Geographia Africas Edrisiaort,' Gottingen, 1791, 4th. JL Jaubert's French translation appeared under the auspices of the French Geographical Society, and forma the fifth and sixth volumes of the Reeueil de Voyages et de Memoires; published by that society. It has also the following separate title, Gdographie d'Edrisi, traduite de l'Arabe en Francais, d'apres deux KISS. de la Bibliotheque du Roi, et accompagnee de notes par M. AnAdde Jaubert,'Paris.1836,1840, 4to. EDWARD I., surnamed the Elder, ICing of the West Saxons, and with some pretensions to be regarded as king of all England, was the eldest son of Alfred the Great, by his queen Alswitha, the daughter of Earl ,Ethelred. On the death of his father, 26th Of October 901, Edward was recognised by the Witenagemote as his successor; but the those was contested by his cousin Ethelwald, who was the son of Ethelred, one of the three elder brothers and predecessors of Alfred. The cause of Ethelwald received from the first the support of the Danes of the north, and by their assistance in 904 ho compelled the submission of the people of Essex, and in the following year that of the East Anglian. The contest however was at length terminated in 906 or 907 by the death of Ethelwald, in a battle fought between his forces and those of Edward. The people of East Anglia on this re
turned under submission to the king of Wessex, and the Northumbrian Danes concluded a peace with him ; but three or four years afterwards we find the Danes breaking this pacification, nor do they appear to have been quieted, or the people of Essex finally brought back to their obedience, till the year 920 or 921. Mercia in the meantime had continued to be governed as a separate state, though subject to the supremacy of Wessex, first by the ealdorman Ethered, or Ethelred, to whom it had been entrusted by Alfred, and after his death in 912 by his widow Ethelfieda, the sister of Edward. The Lady Ethelfleda survived till 920, conducting the affairs of her government with dis tinguished ability, and all along acting in concert with her brother in his efforts against the Danes and his other enemies. On her death, Edward took the government of Mercia into his own hands. After this, if we may believe the old historians, not only did all the Danes, including even those of Northumbria, make full submission to Edward, but their example was followed by the Welsh and the people of Strathclyde, and the king of the Scots and all his subjects also chose the English monarch as their lord. The military successes however, which must have been achieved to compel the submission of all these neighbouring powers, if such submission actually took place, are not recorded.
Some of the laws of Edward the Elder are preserved, but they do not demand any particular notice. He died in 925, and was succeeded by his eldest son Athelatane, born to him by a shepherd's daughter named Egwina, who is stated by some of the old writers to have been his wife, by others only his mistress. He had also another son and a daughter by Egwiva. By another lady, to whom he is allowed to have been married, but whose name is unknown, he had two sons and six daughters; and by another wife, Edgiva, he had two sons, Edmund and Edred, both of whom were afterwards kings of England, and two daughters.