Æthelstan of East Anglia
Ninth-century East Anglian king
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.
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
External links
- Æthelstan 80 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
| Preceded by Ludeca of Mercia | King of East Anglia after 827–840s | Succeeded by |
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