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Æthelstan

“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


Battle of Brunanburh