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  1. Jun 25, 2021 · Posted on June 25, 2021 by Patricia. Athelstan was the eldest son of King Æthelred II of England. One of at least 9 brothers and sisters, Athelstan was born sometime in the mid-to-late 980s—we don’t know the exact year—and he died on 25 June 1014 at about the age of 28. His name never appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, although for ...

  2. Jul 10, 2014 · Æthelstan, Anglo-Saxon King of England. By Susan Abernethy. Æthelstan was the first King of Wessex to bring together all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. He was well educated, very pious and a collector of saints relics and manuscripts. He was also a formidable warrior.

  3. Athelstan (died October 27, 939) 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.

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  5. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Athelstan

    Discover the key facts behind the first king of all England - Athelstan. A distinguished and courageous soldier, he pushed the boundaries of the kingdom to the furthest they had ever been.

  6. Son of Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great, Athelstan was the first king of all England. King Athelstan has sometimes been lost in the history books and taken a backseat to other significant rulers of early medieval Britain, however his kingship and influence on the Anglo-Saxons cannot be underestimated… Jessica Brain. 10 min read.

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  7. A group of five spurious Exeter charters (Sawyer, nos. 386–9 and 453) ascribed to Athelstan are witnessed by Edmund, indolis clito. Sawyer, no. 934, an Æthelredian charter of 1015, is attested by Edmund ‘regiae indolis suboles’ and ‘Eaduuærd clito’.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ÆthelingÆtheling - Wikipedia

    Ætheling can be found in the Suffolk toponym of Athelington . Meaning and use in Anglo-Saxon England. During the earliest years of the Anglo-Saxon rule in England, the word ætheling was probably used to denote any person of noble birth. Its use was soon restricted to members of a royal family.

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