Æthelstan (East Anglia)

Æthelstan (also: Aethelstan or Eþelstan ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia from around 827 to 845 .

King Æthelstan's coin

Life

No contemporary accounts of Æthelstan's life have come down to us. He is only known for about 60 coins that bear his name.

East Anglia has been ruled by the kings of Mercias since the beginning of the 9th century . Æthelstan had coins minted as early as the early 820s, which indicates an initially unsuccessful attempt to gain power in East Anglia. Probably since 825 Æthelstan led a revolt against Mercia with the support of King Egbert of Wessex . The Mercian king Beornwulf fell in 825 . His successor Ludeca found death in the fighting in 827 and East Anglia regained its independence. Æthelweard succeeded him to the throne around the year 845 .

swell

anonymous: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 823 and 825 online in Project Gutenberg (English)

literature

Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Angles . In: Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 .
Philip Grierson , Mark Blackburn : Medieval European Coinage 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007 (paperback), ISBN 978-0521031776 .

Web links

Æthelstan in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Angles . In: Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 508-509.
^ Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn : Medieval European Coinage 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007 (paperback), ISBN 978-0521031776 , pp. 293-294.
^ Richard North: The Origins of Beowulf: From Virgil to Wiglaf , Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0199206612 , pp. 293-294; see also: EB Pryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks) , Cambridge University Press, 1996 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-0521563505 , P. 9; see: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 823 and 825 online in Project Gutenberg (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
under the rule of the kings of Mercia	King of East Anglia about 827 – about 845	Æthelweard

personal data
SURNAME	Æthelstan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ethelstan; Ethelstan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of East Anglia
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	9th century

[enc508-1] Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Angles . In: Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 508-509.

[2] Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn : Medieval European Coinage 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007 (paperback), ISBN 978-0521031776 , pp. 293-294.

[3] Richard North: The Origins of Beowulf: From Virgil to Wiglaf , Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0199206612 , pp. 293-294; see also: EB Pryde, DE Greenway, S. Porter, I. Roy (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks) , Cambridge University Press, 1996 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-0521563505 , P. 9; see: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 823 and 825 online in Project Gutenberg (English)