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Æthelstan or Athelstan ( / ˈæθəlstæn /; Old English: Æðelstān [ˈæðelstɑːn]; Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; lit. 'noble stone'; [4] c. 894 – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. [a] He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn.
Athelstan was the first West Saxon king to have effective rule over the whole of England. On the death of his father, Edward the Elder, in 924, Athelstan was elected king of Wessex and Mercia, where he had been brought up by his aunt, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians. Crowned king of the whole.
On 27 October 939 Athelstan – the first and perhaps the greatest King of England – died in Gloucester at the age of 47. This man was remembered as a famous warrior who defeated the Danes and the Scots and forged the Kingdom we now call England.
Athelstan was the first king of all England, and Alfred the Great's grandson. He reigned between 925 and 939 AD. A distinguished and courageous soldier, he pushed the boundaries of the kingdom to...
Jun 16, 2023 · Rittika Dhar | European History | February 19, 2024. King Athelstan was one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings of all time. Modern historians acknowledge him as the first King of England. He united different kingdoms and provinces of England, set up a sophisticated and well-educated court, and ruled for fourteen years.
Athelstan thus, in the light of his father and brother’s deaths, ascended the throne and was crowned on 4th September 925 at Kingston upon Thames. Whilst his path to kingship was now unrivalled due to the passing of his brother, not all were happy with his ascendancy to the throne.
May 2, 2023 · Under King Eghbert, Wessex defeated the Mercians at the battle of Ellendon in 825 A.D., after which the major kingdoms acknowledged his supremacy. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identified King Eghbert...
