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Æthelstan was the eldest son of Æthelwulf and [[Unknown-195122}Osburh]]. He was old enough in 839, when his father succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex, to be made sub-king of Kent,[1][2] ruling "Kent and the East Saxons and Surrey and South Saxons."[3][4] So he would have been born before 825, possibly some years earlier.
After he became sub-king of Kent, Æthelstan witnessed charters of his father relating to lands within the area his father had entrusted to him.[1]
In 850 Æthelstan and an Ealdorman called Ealhhere won a sea battle against Vikings off Sandwich, Kent. They captured nine ships.[1][5] Frank Stenton describes this as the first recorded battle at sea in English history.[6]
It is not known when Æthelstan died, but it may have been soon after this.[1][2]
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edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley