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	\|birth = c. 894<br>		\|birth = c. 894<br>[[Wessex]]
	[[Wessex]]		\|death = 27 October 939<br>[[Gloucester]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]]
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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 [[England\|English]] from 927 until his death.<ref>{{WP\|Æthelstan}}</ref>		'''Æthelstan''' (894 – 939) was the son of [[Edward the Elder]], ruling as King of the [[Anglo-Saxons]] from 924 until 927, then as King of the [[England\|English]] from 927 until his death.<ref>{{WP\|Æthelstan}}</ref>

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

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

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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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.		'''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 [[England\|English]] from 927 until his death.<ref>{{WP\|Æthelstan}}</ref>

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

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

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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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]]
}}
'''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}}

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