[[Ymele:Athelstan from All Souls College Chapel detail.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Æþelstan Cyning (Eall-sawlasaƿla FelwescipeFelƿescipe Bedhus)]]
'''Æðelstān''' wæsƿæs [[Ēadweard se Ieldra|ĒadweardesĒadƿeardes þæs Ieldran]] ieldesta sunu and iefa. Hē ricsode of 924 oð his dēaþe in 939. Ǣr wæsƿæs he [[Westseaxna Rīce|WestseaxnaǷestseaxna]] cyning and [[Mierce|Miercna]] cyning of 924 and in þǣm geare hæfde he his fædres cynestōl, and nām his coronbēag and his underþēodna āðas of WestseaxumǷestseaxum and of Miercum æt [[Cyningestūn on Temes|Cyningestūne]] se is on [[Sūþrige]].
In 927 forþferde [[Sihtric Eoforwic Cyning|Sihtric Eoforƿic Cyning]] and of þissum dǣge weardƿeard Æðelstān cyning ofer eallum Englalande and wæsƿæs rihte se form [[Engla Cyning]].
In 937 onswōgonsƿōg [[Anlāf Difelin Cyning]] þis land mid his herige and mid [[Stræclud]] folce and mid Scottum þe Anlāf habbe his fædres rīcestōl on Norþhymbra rīce, ac Æðelstān Cyning gewonngeƿonn sige æt sæcce æt [[Brunanburh|Brunanbyrig]] and eall Engle and eall Brettas hæfde him ðe he bið hlāford. On his bōcum fint man swasƿa swasƿa his titul ''Rex Totis Brittaniae'', se is "Eallre Bretene Cyning".
Æðelstān næfde bearn ne wīfƿīf. His brōðor, [[Ēadmund Æðeling]], wæsƿæs Engla cyning æfter þǣm þe hē stearf. His ealder fæder wæsƿæs Ælfrēd Grēata
