King of England Aethelstan

895 - 939  (44 years)

• Name	Aethelstan
  Title	King of England
  Relationship	with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
  Birth	895
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	924 to 939
  	King of England
  	He was the first King to be crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames. His fame stemmed from his conquests in Cornwall and Wales, and his defeat of a combined force of Scots, Welsh and Vikings at the battle of Brunanburh in 938
  Stories and Notes	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.
  To Lady Kathleen	28 x great uncle
  Death	27 Oct 939	Gloucester, England
  Burial	Monastery at Malmesbury, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I3261	Enchanted Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	King of England Edward, the Elder,   b. 869   d. 17 Jul 925, Farndon-on-Dee, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ecgwyn, of England   d. 901
  Marriage	893
  Family ID	F1538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Monastery at Malmesbury, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  A sixteenth-century painting in Beverley Minster of Æthelstan with Saint John of Beverley