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Aethelstan of Wessex (894-939) was King of England between 925 and 939 AD. He was the oldest son and successor of King Eward the Elder. He subjected the Kings of Wales and summoned them to Hereford in 928 where they had to do considerable tribute payments to him. He fixed the border between Anglo-saxon Wessex and Celtic Cornwall along river Tamar. His sister Eadgifu was married with the Karolingian Westfranken King Charles III. the Simple until his dismissal in 922 when Aethelstan collected her to his court together with her son and later Westfranken King Louis IV.. His half-sister Edgith married the Saxonian Otto I. in 929, Otto became King in 936 and Emperor in 962.
Aethelstan died in 939 in Gloucester and found his grave in the Malmesbury monastery.
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What palace did king Athelstan live?
kingland
Who was the first king of all the English Anglo-Saxon?
Athelstan.
Who was the first King or Queen of England?
The first king to rule all of England as king was Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great. His forebears were kings of Wessex, to which they attached Kent; it was Athelstan who united Mercia and Northumbria to Wessex to create the united English kingdom.However, there are a few tricky points of terminology:Athelstan's title was "king of the English", not "king of England". Same thing really, but the first to be king of the English land rather than of the English people was Henry II.Before there was a single kingdom, several rulers had be accepted as overlord over all the English kings. Among those was Alfred the Great's grandfather Egbert, king of Wessex, and before him Offa, King of MerciaHouse of Wessex:EgbertAthelwulfAthelbaldAthelbertEthelred IAlfred (the Great)Edward (the Elder)Athelstan *First King of ALL England*Edmund I (the Elder, the Deed-Doer)EadredEadwigEdgar (the Peaceable)St Edward (the Martyr)Ethelred II (the Unready)House of Denmark:Swen (Forkbeard)House of WessexEthelred II (restored)Edmund II (Ironside)House of DenmarkCnut the Great (Canute)Harold I (Harefoot)HarthacnutHouse of Wessex (restored)St Edward (The Confessor)Harold IIEdgar II (the Atheling)House of Normandy:William I (the Bastard, the Conqueror)William II (Rufus)Henry I (Beauclerk)Stephen I (of Blois) or the Empress Mathilda (Maud)House of Plantaganet:Henry II (FitzEmpress, Curtmantle)(Henry the Young King, briefly co-king with his father, Henry II)Richard I (the Lionheart)John (Lackland)Henry IIIEdward I (Longshanks)Edward IIEdward IIIRichard IIHouse of Lancaster:Henry IV (Bolingbroke)Henry VHenry VIHouse of York:Edward IVHouse of Lancaster (restored)Henry VI (restored)House of York (restored)Edward IV (restored)Edward VRichard IIIHouse of Tudor:Henry VIIHenry VIIIEdward VIJaneMary I (Bloody Mary)Elizabeth I (the Virgin Queen)House of StuartJames I & VICharles IThe CommonwealthThe House of Stuart (restored)Charles IIJames IIHouse of Stuart/House of OrangeMary II & William IIIHouse of OrangeWilliam IIIHouse of StuartAnneHouse of HanoverGeorge IGeorge IIGeorge IIIGeorge IVWilliam IVVictoriaHouse of Sax-Coburg-und-GothaEdward VIIGeorge VHouse of "Windsor"George VEdward VIIIGeorge VIElizabeth II
Who was the king of England in 670?
England didn't exist in 670 AD. The land was ruled by a series of tribal kings:Oswiu (654 - 670) was restored to his kingdom in Northumbria and then succeeded by Ælfwine (670 - 679)Wulfhere (658 -- 675) Restored Mercian dominance in England and was the first Christian king of Mercia.Ealdwulf (663 - 713) in East AngliaCenwalh (648 - 674) and Queen Seaxburh in the restored kingdom of WessexÆdelwealh (660 - 685) in SussexThe joint kingdom of Sighere (664 to 683) and Sebbi (664 - 694) in EssexEcgberht I (664 - 673) in Kentand the tribal lords of the that ruled the western parts of England and what is now Wales and ScotlandSome of these kingdoms included smaller kingdoms (like Lindsey) that at times were independent.The kingdoms continued to war and make alliances between themselves until King Athelstan (from Wessex) unified the majority of these lands under a single English crown in AD 927.
When did the united kingdom become a country?
Well, the question leaves many options... The Celts and other nomadic tribes settled the lower British Isles about 4000-5000 years ago, although they wouldn't have called it England. The Romans, under Julius Caesar, invaded around 55 BC, stayed for a while, started a city called Londinium on the Thames, but left the tribes before the fall of Rome. After that, the native tribes and/or the Anglo-Saxon invaders formed seven kingdoms (East Anglia, Northumbria, Kent, Mercia, Essex, Sussex, Wessex) and by 802 AD Egbert, King of Wessex, was accepted as King of the English. But most people would believe that England really became itself with the Norman conquest of 1066.
When was Athelstan Popkess born?
Athelstan Popkess was born in 1893.
When did Athelstan Riley die?
Athelstan Riley died in 1945.
When was Athelstan Beckwith born?
Athelstan Beckwith was born in 1930.
When was Athelstan House created?
Athelstan House was created in 1979.
When did Athelstan Beckwith die?
Athelstan Beckwith died in 2010.
What is Athelstan House's motto?
The motto of Athelstan House is 'Where each child is special'.
When was Athelstan Spilhaus born?
Athelstan Spilhaus was born on 1911-11-25.
When did Athelstan Spilhaus die?
Athelstan Spilhaus died on 1998-03-30.
What has the author Athelstan Riley written?
Athelstan Riley has written: 'Concerning hymn tunes and sequences'
How did athelstan become king?
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What palace did king Athelstan live?
kingland
Who was the first king of all the English Anglo-Saxon?
Athelstan.
