Editing Æthelstan

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Wiki noimage.jpg
|birth = c. 894<br>
[[Wessex]]
|death = 27 October 939<br>
[[Gloucester]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[House of Wessex]]
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'''Æthelstan''' (894 – 939) was the son of [[Edward the Elder]] and later ruled as King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 until 927, then as King of the English from 927 until his death.

==Biography==
===Life as ætheling===
Æthelstan followed his father Edward in continuing his [[Alfred the Great|grandfather's]] legacy in uniting all of England by driving out the Vikings. Together they would go on to defeat the Danish princes of East Anglia, the five boroughs and [[York|Jórvík]].<ref name="EoV">''[[Echoes of History|Echoes of History: Vikings]]'' – Episode 5: The Dawn of a New Era</ref>

===Legacy===
Generation's after his reign and death, his eventual successor, King [[Edgar the Peaceful|Edgar]] would undo all his father's and his hard work trying to purge their lands of Danes due to his overly peaceful reign allowing the Vikings to regroup.<ref name="EoV"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{c|voice only}}

==References==
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|title=King of the Anglo-Saxons
|years=924 – 927
|before=[[Edward the Elder]]
|before-years=899 – 924
|after=''Title dissolved''
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|title=King of the English
|years=927 – 939
|before=''Title created''
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|after={{Wiki|Edmund I}}
|after-years=939 – 946
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