Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd conquered which Viking-ruled area?
Eastern Mercia
West Wessex
North Northumbria
Southern England
Answer
In the 9th and 10th centuries, England was ruled by various Viking leaders, who had settled in the country after their invasion in 793. In the late 9th century, Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, began a campaign to conquer the Viking-ruled areas of southern England.
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