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    by Æthelstan in the 930s". Historian Charles Insley, however, sees Æthelstan's hegemony as fragile: "The level of overlordship wielded by Æthelstan during...
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  • Look up Æþelstan or Athelstan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Æthelstan was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Æthelstan, Athelstan...
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    occasionally kings of Scotland and Strathclyde. The Æthelstan A charters commence shortly after King Æthelstan conquered Northumbria in 927, making him the first...
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  • Æthelstan (/ˈæθəlstæn/; died c. 852) was the King of Kent from 839 to 851. He served under the authority and overlordship of his father, King Æthelwulf...
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  • Æthelstan was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Other notable people with this masculine given name include: Æthelstan Ætheling, heir...
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  • Æthelstan Ætheling (Old English: Æþelstan Æþeling; early or mid 980s –25 June 1014) was the eldest son of King Æthelred the Unready by his first wife...
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    succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund's half-brother Æthelstan. Edmund was crowned after Æthelstan died childless in 939. He had two sons, Eadwig and Edgar...
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    early life of Æthelstan has been generally accepted. Modern historians follow William of Malmesbury's testimony in showing her as Æthelstan's full sister...
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    of Scotland by Æthelstan in 934, possibly launched because Constantine had violated a peace treaty, it became apparent that Æthelstan could be defeated...
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  • provides no information as to how Æthelstan acquired such a valuable relic. According to the Liber Benefactorum, Æthelstan was married to a kinswoman of Oswald...
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  • Æthelstan: The First King of England is a 2011 biography by Sarah Foot of Æthelstan, who was king of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and the first king...
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  • 42–101. doi:10.5284/1085707. Miller, Sean. "Charter S42". Anglo-Saxons.net. Retrieved 30 March 2007. Æthelstan 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England...
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  • Æthelstan was Abbot of Abingdon in the 11th century. Æthelstan became Abbot of Abingdon about 1044, following Siward's promotion. He was remembered as...
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  • fought during the invasion has survived and Æthelstan returned to England later in the year. Æthelstan's reasons for mounting an invasion are unclear...
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  • referred to as Æthelstan Rota (Æthelstan the Red) in one charter, and is so known to distinguish him from Æthelstan Half-King, and another Æthelstan (fl. 940–949)...
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    member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire who married Æthelstan Half-King, the powerful ealdorman of East Anglia, in about 932. She is...
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  • Æthelstan's brother Ælfstan inherited his father's ealdormandom but died in 934. Æthelwold became an ealdorman in 940 and Eadric in 942. Æthelstan and...
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  • charts see: Family tree of English monarchs, from Alfred the Great and Æthelstan to James VI and I; Family tree of Scottish monarchs, from Kenneth MacAlpin...
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    invaded England. Æthelstan secured a decisive victory at the Battle of Brunanburh, cementing his dominant position in Britain. Æthelstan died in October...
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    available. Æthelstan did, however, leave an extensive coinage of both portrait and non-portrait type. It is suggested[by whom?] that Æthelstan was probably...
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  • a text dating to the lifetime of Ælfweard's elder brother Æthelstan, states that Æthelstan succeeded under the terms of his father's will. This conflicting...
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  • of the Danelaw. Guthrum ruled East Anglia under his baptismal name of Æthelstan until his death. Viking raids began in England in the late 8th century...
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  • known for playing a young J. R. R. Tolkien in the film Tolkien (2019) and Æthelstan in the fifth season of The Last Kingdom (2022) and the follow-up film...
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    while the Mercians chose Æthelstan who had been raised at Æthelflæd's court. Ælfweard died within weeks of his father and Æthelstan was inaugurated as king...
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  • while the Mercians chose Æthelstan for their king. By some mishap, Ælfweard died within a month and Wessex was ceded to Æthelstan, who thereby obtained his...
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  • young Æthelstan, a grandson of King Alfred the Great, how to be a king and, by winning a crucial battle, placed him on the throne of Wessex. Æthelstan had...
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  • defeated by the English led by Æthelstan at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937. Olaf returned to Ireland in 938 but after Æthelstan's death the following year...
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  • Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. Æthelstan 17 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England v t e...
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  • Aegelesburg, where Aelfweard prepares to defend against Aethelstan's impending attack. Aethelstan and his advisor Ingilmundr soon arrive and thwart a trap...
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  • Æthelstan (or Athelstan; died 1056) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford. Æthelstan was consecrated between 1013 and 1016. Before his death, he had been blind...
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