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Ath⋅el⋅stan

[ath-uhl-stan]
–noun
a.d. 895?–940, king of England 925–940.
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Ath·el·stan   (āth'əl-stān')   
King of Mercia and Wessex (924?-939) who was the first Saxon ruler to establish his authority over all of England.
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Athelstan

first West Saxon king to have effective rule over the whole of England.

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