Athelstan

American  

[ath-uhl-stan] / ˈæθ əlˌstæn /

Also Ethelstan or Aethelstan

noun

1. a.d. 895?–940, king of England 925–940.

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Athelstan British  

/ ˈæθəlstən /

noun

1. ?895–939 _ad , king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 _ad ), who extended his kingdom to include most of England

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Example Sentences

It follows a report in The Sun saying that proposed new names included Elizabethtown, after the late Queen, Pankhurst, named after the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurt, and Athelstan, considered the first king of England.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The question hanging over the gray-haired head wearing the crown is whether he might be the last in a line that stretches back to Athelstan, the king who united England 1,100 years ago.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

The first English king shown on a coin wearing a crown or circlet was Athelstan, who died in 939, according to the Royal Household website.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

The bloody festival is a time of joy and rebirth for Lagertha and her people—and for an onlooking Athelstan who, like Ragnar, seems perfectly capable of juggling more than one religion at this point.

From Forbes • Mar. 5, 2015

There the monks of the abbey founded by Athelstan so impressed him, that he consented to be baptized.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)