1. Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great

2. Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great

3. Athelstan (or Aethelstan) was the son of Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great

4. On the death of his father, Edward the Elder, in 924, Athelstan was elected king of Wessex and Mercia, where he had been brought up …

5. Edward the Elder Atheling (King of England) was born in 870, at birth place, to KONG ALFRED DEN STORE Atheling and Ealhswith of Mercia Atheling (born Dronning af Wessex)

6. Son of Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great, Æthelstan (or Athelstan) was the first West Saxon king to effectively rule over the whole of England, with the whole of Britain coming to acknowledge him as overlord during the course of his reign.

7. Name: King Athelstan (Aethelstan) Born: c.895 Parents: Edward the Elder and Ecgywn Relation to Elizabeth II: 30th great-granduncle House of: Wessex Ascended to the throne: July 17, 924 Crowned: September 4, 925 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.30 Married: Unmarried Children: None Died: October 27, 939 at Gloucester Buried at: Malmesbury Reigned for: 15 years, 3 months, and 9 days