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 +[[england_history_hub|England]] >> [[anglo_saxon_england|Anglo-Saxon]]\\ 
 ======Æthelstan======  ======Æthelstan======
 "Noble Stone"\\  "Noble Stone"\\ 
 King of the Anglo-Saxons: 924 to 927\\  King of the Anglo-Saxons: 924 to 927\\ 
 King of the English: 927 to 939\\  King of the English: 927 to 939\\ 
 +\\ 
 +Son of [[edward_the_elder_899-925|Edward the Elder]] and his first wife, Ecgwynn.\\ 
 +Preceded by: [[edward_the_elder_899-925|Edward the Elder]]\\ 
 +Succeeded by his half-brother, [[edmund_940-946|Edmund I]].\\
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 +The first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England after conquering the final Viking kingdom of York in 927. However, the Vikings regained York after Æthelstan's death in 939\\ 
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 +[[wp>Battle_of_Brunanburh|Battle of Brunanburh]]
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