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
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

1. Foot, Æthelstan: The First King of England, pp. 155–156
2. 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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