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Æthelstan
Athelstanus la
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
- Child of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn
- Dated c. 895 CE – 27 October 939 CE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 1
Family tree
The family as a list · 13
Family 13
- child of (mother) Ecgwynn first consort of Edward the Elder
- child of (child) Edward the Elder king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
- of the house House of Wessex family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom
- parent of (child) Haakon the Good King of Norway
- sibling of Ælfweard of Wessex West Saxon monarch
- sibling of Eadburh of Winchester Anglo-Saxon nun
- sibling of Eadgifu of Wessex Queen consort of France
- sibling of Eadgyth Queen of Germany from 936 to 946
- sibling of Eadhild Anglo-Saxon noble
- sibling of Edith of Polesworth Anglo-Saxon abbess
- sibling of Edmund I King of England (r. 939–946)
- sibling of Edred of England King of England (r. 946–955)
- sibling of Edwin, son of Edward the Elder Anglo-Saxon prince
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