Æthelstan_of_East_Anglia

Æthelstan of East Anglia

Æthelstan of East Anglia

Ninth-century East Anglian king

This article is about the 9th-century king of the East Angles. For other persons of that name, see Æthelstan (disambiguation).

Æthelstan (/ˈæθəlstæn/) was king of East Anglia in the 9th century. As with the other kings of East Anglia, there is very little textual information available. Æthelstan did, however, leave an extensive coinage of both portrait and non-portrait type.

See also: Guthrum of East Anglia, who was known as Athelstan after his baptism.
a coin from the reign of Æthelstan.

It is suggested[by whom?] that Æthelstan was probably the king who defeated and killed the Mercian kings Beornwulf (d. 826) and Ludeca (d. 827). He may have attempted to seize power in East Anglia on the death of Coenwulf of Mercia (d. 821). If this is the case, he was apparently defeated by Coenwulf's successor Ceolwulf.

The end of Æthelstan's reign is placed in the middle or late 840s. He was succeeded by Æthelweard.

References

  • Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445691-3
  • Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8
Preceded by King of East Anglia
after 827–840s		 Succeeded by
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