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| Athelstan, King of the English Wessex |
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| Name: King Athelstan Born: c.895 Parents: Edward the Elder and Ecgywn Relation to Elizabeth II: 30th great-granduncle House of: Wessex Ascended to the throne: July 17, 924 Crowned: September 4, 925 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.30 Married: Unmarried Children: None Died: October 27, 940 at Gloucester Buried at: Malmesbury Reigned for: 16 years, 3 months, and 10 days Succeeded by: his half brother Edmund King of England 924–39. The son of Edward the Elder, Athelstan brought about English unity by ruling both Mercia and Wessex. He defeated an invasion by Scots, Irish, and the men of Strathclyde at Brunanburh in 937. He overcame the Scandinavian kingdom based in York and increased English power on the Welsh and Scottish borders. |
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