Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In the past, we have already looked at the life of Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who repelled the Viking invasion and proclaimed himself the King of the Anglo-Saxons. Afterward, we studied the tale of his son and heir, Edward the Elder, who continued his father’s Viking-bashing ways, further fortified his position, and even added new territories to his kingdom. So if you want to get the picture in full, maybe watch those two videos first if you haven’t already seen them.

The goal both Alfred and Edward had in mind was obvious - to unite England under their rule. But although both men were instrumental in laying the foundations to accomplish this, neither one lived long enough to see their ambition fulfilled. Instead, that honor went to Edward’s son and the final subject in our little trilogy, Athelstan, the first King of England.
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Further Reading:
salonprivemag.com/aethelstan-the-first-king-of-england
salonprivemag.com/aethelstan-the-first-king-of-england
historycooperative.org/king-athelstan
reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151
historycooperative.org/king-athelstan
historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Athelstan
https://books.google.ro/books?id=wNZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=athelstan&f=false
historycooperative.org/king-athelstan
https://www.dib.ie/biography/sitriuc-caech-sigtryggr-a8074
bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed
gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan
gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan
historycooperative.org/king-athelstan
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan
bl.uk/people/aethelstan
archive.org/details/wessexenglandfro0000dumv/page/170/mode/2up?view=theater
thevikingherald.com/article/who-was-olaf-guthfrithson-the-viking-warlord-who-became-king-of-dublin/547
historycooperative.org/king-athelstan
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/battle-of-brunanburh
reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151
bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed
thevikingherald.com/article/who-was-olaf-guthfrithson-the-viking-warlord-who-became-king-of-dublin/547
historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/tom-holland-king-astonishing-aethelstan-athelstan

More Further Reading

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

David Dumville - Wessex and England

William of Malmesbury - The History of the Kings of England

British Library

History Extra

History Cooperative