Æthelstan of Wessex King of England

895 - 939  (44 years)

• Name	Æthelstan of Wessex King of England  [1]
  Born	895	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	924
  	King of Wessex and of a formally unified "Aenglaland" (Rex Totius Britanniae)
  Occupation	2 Aug 925
  	Succeeded his father, after killing his half-brother Edwin, the rightful heir to the throne of England
  Occupation	4 Sep 925
  	Crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames (on the King's Stone)
  Occupation	927
  	Expelled the Danish King of York, Guthfrith, following the death of his son-in-law, Sihtric (previous Danish King)
  Occupation	2 Jul 927
  	Met the King of Strathclyde and Constantine King of Scotland at Eamont Bridge where both acknowledged Athelstan's superiority
  Military	934
  	Ravaged Scotland to enforce his superiority in the lands of the north
  Occupation	934
  	Granted rights of sanctuary to the monastery at Ripon
  Military	27 Oct 937
  	Defeated an invasion by King Constantine II of Scotland and Viking (Danish) King Olaf Guthfrithsson of Dublin at the battle of Brunanburh
  Occupation	27 Oct 937
  	"The Norsemen went off in nailed ships said survivors on Dings Mere over deep water seeking Dublin ashamed in their hearts."
  Died	27 Oct 939	Gloucester Palace, Gloucestershire, England
  Buried	Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I4352	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Edward I King of Wessex,   b. 875, Wessex, England ,   d. 17 Jul 924, Farrington (Farndon-on-Dee), Berkshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Ægwina of Wessex,   b. Abt 874, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 902  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	N
  Not married	Partners
  Not married	Abt 895
  Family ID	F2198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S639] Domesday Descendants. Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum, Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 2002), 1101.