[PAR] [TLE] Winchcombeshire [SEP] Winchcombeshire was an ancient county in the South West of England, in the Anglo-Saxon period, with Winchcombe as its county town.  The county originated in the shiring of Mercia in the tenth or early eleventh centuries, perhaps by King Edward the Elder in the early 920s.  It was merged into Gloucestershire in the early eleventh century, probably by King Cnut in 1017. [PAR] [TLE] Edward the Elder [SEP] Edward the Elder (Old English: "Eadweard cyning "; c. 874 – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death.  He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great.  He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd, his sister.
[PAR] [TLE] Winchcombeshire [ SEP ] Winchcombeshire was an ancient county in the South West of England , in the Anglo - Saxon period , with Winchcombe as its county town . The county originated in the shiring of Mercia in the tenth or early eleventh centuries , perhaps by King Edward the Elder in the early 920s . It was merged into Gloucestershire in the early eleventh century , probably by King Cnut in 1017 . [PAR] [TLE] Edward the Elder [ SEP ] Edward the Elder ( Old English : " Eadweard cyning " ; c. 874 – 17 July 924 ) was King of the Anglo - Saxons from 899 until his death . He became king in 899 upon the death of his father , Alfred the Great . He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd , his sister .
What is the name of the king who ruled in the South West of England, and became the ruler of Mercia upon the death of his sister?
What is the name of the king who ruled in the South West of England , and became the ruler of Mercia upon the death of his sister ?
Edward the Elder
Edward the Elder