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Persoonlijke gegevens Æthelstan 

• Hij is geboren rond 894.
• Hij is overleden op 27 oktober 939.
• De biologische ouders zijn Edward (de oudere) van Wessex en Egwyna
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 19 december 2019.

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Notities over Æthelstan

Æthelstan, koning als opvolger van zijn vader, groeide op aan het hof van Ethelred II van Mercia en Lady Ethelflaed van Wessex (dochter van Alfred de Grote).Hij groeide dus op samen met zijn nicht Aelfwynn, en de neven Alfred en Arnulf. (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

ÆTHELSTAN ([895]-Gloucester 27 Oct 939, bur Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire[1647]). Roger of Hoveden gives his parentage, specifying that he was his father's oldest son[1648]. "Æthelstan filius regis" subscribed charters of King Edward dated 901 (named in the list of subscribers after "Elfredus filius regis" and "Ethelwardus filius regis") and 909 (two, in both of which he is named second after "Æthelwerd frater regis")[1649]. He was brought up in the household of his uncle Æthelred ealdorman of Mercia[1650]. He succeeded his father in 924 as ÆTHELSTAN King of Wessex, and was independently recognised as King of the Mercians[1651]. He was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames 4 Sep 925. William of Malmesbury records that King Æthelstan's succession was challenged by "Elfred" (who has not been idenfified, unless it refers to his half-brother who in other sources is named Ælfweard)[1652]. Sihtric King of York proposed an alliance with him in 925, sealed by his marriage to Æthelstan's sister. After the death of his brother-in-law, Æthelstan invaded York and expelled Sihtric's son and successor Olaf. The rulers of Scotland, Strathclyde and Bamburgh acknowledged Æthelstan as overlord at Eamont near Penrith 12 Jul 927. He agreed the frontier with the Welsh princes along the river Wye at a meeting in Hereford in [930], exacting a heavy tribute from them. He also agreed the frontier with the Britons of Cornwall along the river Tamar in [931], and installed a British bishop in the recently established see of St Germans. In 934, he launched an attack on Scotland, the army pressing as far as Fordun in Kincardineshire, the navy ravaging the coast up to Caithness. He helped Alain de Porhoët re-establish himself as Comte de Vannes et de Nantes in Brittany in 936. He was able to build a network of alliances with neighbouring foreign powers through the marriages of his half-sisters. He defeated a joint invasion by Olaf Guthfrithson (claimant to the kingdom of York), Constantine King of Scotland and Owen King of Strathclyde at Brunanburh in 937. In many of his charters he is described as "King of the English and ruler of all Britain"[1653]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the death 27 Oct [940/41] of King Athelstan[1654].

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