Athelstan
Athelstan or Æþelstān (c. 895 – 27 October, 939), cried the Glorious, wis the Keeng o Ingland frae 924/925 tae 939. He wis the son o King Edward the Elder, an nevoy o Ethelfleda (Æthelflæd) o Mercia. Æthelstan's success in securin the submission o Constantine II, Keeng o Scots, in 927 throu tae the Battle o Brunanburh in 937 led tae his claimin the teetle "Keeng o aw Breetain".[2] His ring is aften owerleuked, wi a hantle focus gang tae Alfred the Great afore him, an Edmund efter. Houaniver, his ring wis o fundamental importance tae political developments in the 10t century.
Æthelstan | |
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Æthelstan presentin a beuk tae St Cuthbert. Illustration in a gospel beuk presentit bi Æthelstan tae the saunt's shrine in Chester-le-Street, the earliest survivin portrait o an Inglis keeng. He wore a croun o the same design on his "crouned bust" coins.[1] | |
Keeng o the Anglo-Saxons | |
Ring | 924–927 |
Coronation | 4 September 925 |
Predecessor | Edward the Elder or Ælfweard |
Successor | Himsel (as Keeng o the Inglis) |
Keeng o the Inglis | |
Ring | 927 – 27 October 939 |
Predecessor | Himsel (as Keeng o the Anglo-Saxons) |
Successor | Edmund I |
Born | c. 893/895 Wessex |
Dee'd | 27 October 939 Gloucester |
Buirial | Malmesbury Abbey |
Hoose | Hoose o Wessex |
Faither | Edward the Elder |
Mither | Ecgwynn |
Releegion | Chalcedonian Christianity |
References
eedit- ↑ Foot, Æthelstan: The First King of England, pp. 155–156
- ↑ Æthelstan Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine at archontology.org
Athelstan at everything2.com
Athelstan Archived 2009-11-03 at the Wayback Machine at Encarta Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
King Athelstan (924 - 940) at britroyals.com
Anglosaxon Britain Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine at Britannia.com
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