“Noble Stone”
King of the Anglo-Saxons: 924 to 927
King of the English: 927 to 939
Son of Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn.
Preceded by: Edward the Elder
Succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
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