Edward's 3d and last wife was Eadgifu, daughter of Ealdorman Sigehelm of Kent, who bore him two sons, successively kings, and two daughters. Edward's many daughters either made grand marriages with Continental royalty or became nuns.
He died at Farndon-on-Dee in Mercia on 17 Jul 925, and was buried at Winchester. His widow, Queen Eadgifu, lived on for many years and died in the reign of her grandson King Edgar on 25 Aug 968.