Æthelstan of East Anglia

Æthelstan () 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 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

1. Rædwald of East Anglia
2. Kingdom of East Anglia
3. Earl of East Anglia
4. Æthelstan
5. Guthrum
6. Æthelstan (name)
7. List of monarchs of East Anglia
8. Edmund the Martyr
9. Æthelstan Half-King
10. Æthelweard of East Anglia
11. Æthelberht II of East Anglia
12. Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia
13. Eadred
14. Edmund I
15. Wehha of East Anglia
16. Edward the Elder
17. Wuffa of East Anglia
18. Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King
19. 10th century in England
20. Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia