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| Aethelstan (924 - 939) |
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924 | Jul 17 |  Edward the Elder dies
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| | Edward the Elder died (at Farndon in Mercia). He was succeeded by his son Athelstan. |
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925 | Sep | Athelstan becomes King of Wessex and Mercia
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| | At this point Aethelstan was not king of all England, and had to wait until 927 to become overlord of all other kings. |
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926 | | Sihtric marries Aethelstan's sister
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| | To help consolidate his links to the North Athelstan married his sister to Sihtric, the Norse King of York. |
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927 | | Athelstan defeats the Vikings
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| | When Sihtric died he left an heir Olaf. The king of the Norse in Dublin arrived to assist Olaf but Athelstan was ready for any trouble that they could do and defeated them. York was seized and its fortifications destroyed. |
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| | Athelstan becomes overlord King
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| | With the death of Sihtric, the Dane's leader in the North, Athelstan then drove out his sons. This left Athelstan the master of Northumbria. His attacks on the Welsh and the submission of Constantine the King of Scotland and Owen the King of Cumberland led to him becoming overlord. |
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933 | | Edwin is drowned
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| | Accused of conspiring against his own family Edwin, Aethelstan's own brother, is put on a ship without sail or rudder to drift. Edwin throws himself into the sea to avoid the horrors of starvation. Edwin's accuser it later found to invented the crime and is put to death. The whole story could be a fabrication and comes from the works by William of Malmesbury. |
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934 | | Athelstan invades Scotland
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| | Athelstan put together a large army and invaded Scotland destroying it as he advanced north. |
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937 | | Danish invasion
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| | The Dane Anlaff (possibly Sihtric's son), Owen of Cumberland and Constantine, King of the Scots sailed into the Humber to invade Nothumbria. Athelstan's speed at raising his army that marched north put paid to any plans of invasion and a fierce battle occurred (Brunanburgh near Beverley ?) in which many Danish kings and earls were killed. |
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| Edmund (939 - 946) |
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939 | Oct | Edmund succeeds his brother Athelstan
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| | Edmund, the half-brother of Athelstan, became King of England at the age of 18. |
