First King of England Aethelstan — How History Forgot England’s First Monarch After 1,100 Years
First King of England Aethelstan is one of the most important figures in medieval history, yet his name is strangely absent from popular memory. Crowned in 925AD, Æthelstan not only united Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria into what became the kingdom of England but also set diplomatic, cultural, and political precedents that shaped Europe for centuries….