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Æthelstan or Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". He never married and had no children; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
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politics · King of the English from 927 to 939 · monarch · also Æthelstan, King Æthelstan, King Athelstan, Athelstan, Aethelstan, Ethelstan
Born 0895 · Died 27 October 0939 · Q170017
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“He was so ahead of his time in his political thinking, and his actions in bringing together the English kingdom were so hard-won, that it would have been more surprising if the kingdom had stayed together.”
JSTOR Daily: The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
Phys.org: England's forgotten first king deserves to be famous, says Æthelstan biographer as anniversaries approach
Times Higher Education: Æthelstan: The First King of England
Died 0939-10-27.
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Career landmark: monarch of England (0927–0939).
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Born 0895.
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