by Æthelstan in the 930s". Historian Charles Insley, however, sees Æthelstan's hegemony as fragile: "The level of overlordship wielded by Æthelstan during...

Look up Æþelstan or Athelstan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Æthelstan was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Æthelstan, Athelstan...

occasionally kings of Scotland and Strathclyde. The Æthelstan A charters commence shortly after King Æthelstan conquered Northumbria in 927, making him the first...

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...

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...

Æthelstan was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Other notable people with this masculine given name include: Æthelstan Ætheling, heir...

fought during the invasion has survived and Æthelstan returned to England later in the year. Æthelstan's reasons for mounting an invasion are unclear...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

of Scotland by Æthelstan in 934, possibly launched because Constantine had violated a peace treaty, it became apparent that Æthelstan could be defeated...

early life of Æthelstan has been generally accepted. Modern historians follow William of Malmesbury's testimony in showing her as Æthelstan's full sister...

invaded England. Æthelstan secured a decisive victory at the Battle of Brunanburh, cementing his dominant position in Britain. Æthelstan died in October...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Æthelstan (or Athelstan) was a medieval Bishop of Elmham. Athelstan was consecrated between 995 and 997 and died in office on 7 October 1001. Fryde, E...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Anglia to an end. Æthelstan likely played a role in the defeat of Beornwulf and/or Ludeca, though no accounts of this survive. Æthelstan is not directly...

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...

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...

Æthelstan was Abbot of Abingdon in the 11th century. Æthelstan became Abbot of Abingdon about 1044, following Siward's promotion. He was remembered as...

probably the daughter of Earl Thored of Northumbria. His elder brothers were Æthelstan (died 1014) and Egbert (died c. 1005), and younger ones, Eadred, Eadwig...

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...