Aethelstan: The First King of England and his Tomb- Malmesbury Abbey
Aethelstan, the son of Edward the Elder and the grandson of Alfred the Great, was the first King of England. He died in Gloucester on October 27, 939. He never married and had no children. His last wishes were to be laid to rest at Malmesbury Abbey instead of in Winchester where his father, grandfather and half-brother had been buried. The location of his original tomb is unknown. In 1539 during the dissolution of monasteries under Henry VIII the Abbey was closed and sold and eventually fell in to decay and was even further damaged during the English Civil war.
A tomb and effigy was made for the king called "Aethelstan the Glorious" in the 15th century. The tomb lies empty tucked away in the corner of Malmesbury Abbey.
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After a little over a year being a part of this wonderful community, here, FB and TT, learning from you has been a gift that i will forever treasure. The wonderful stories you tell, the books we read, history is now making sense to me. You are able help us ❤understand a part of history that is complicated and instead of getting stuck in all that mud of history, it gets clearer each time i listen to you. 0:01
@EvelynEdwards
25 күн бұрын
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@Evelyn Edwards you and Chris inspire me to find vacations house in Edinburgh or Motherwell, Scotland so I can walk around to castle and church in person
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Awwww Scotland is a super amazing place. You would love it there. 💚
Wow! Love this video, you make me want to research more history. Who knows maybe one day they'll find where he's buried. Remember when they found King Richard buried in that parking lot?
@EvelynEdwards
25 күн бұрын
They’ve combed over this area pretty thoroughly. Sometimes monks would move bones and hid them when they knew Henry’s men were coming. So 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ 💚
The first true King of England. Wonderful presentation. Thank you.
@EvelynEdwards
2 күн бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you Linda!
Excellent synopsis! Athelstan should be better known as truly the first king of England. Too many people think that credit belongs to William the Conqueror.
@EvelynEdwards
25 күн бұрын
Ohhh dear! Do they?! I come across most people thinking it was Alfred. 💚
@barbarabaker3056
25 күн бұрын
@Evelyn. True although he was King only of Wessex. AngloSaxon history should get more attention!
@Prfdt3
20 күн бұрын
I don't see why, considering he defeated Harold the saxon King.
It was so exciting to actually visit Malmesbury Abbey a few days ago.
@EvelynEdwards
10 күн бұрын
Ahhh yay! So glad you were able to go!!!
This was very interesting. Aethelstan sounds like a progressive ruler. And I love the voice of the moderator! Thank you. cheers
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
The moderator? Do you mean meeeeee?! 😉💚 thank you so much. Aethelstan was a fascinating man, and as far as Kings go- a pretty great one.
@Debbie338
19 күн бұрын
@@EvelynEdwardsI was about to enthusiastically agree with the commenter and then I saw this reply. Athelstan was pretty great and so are you. I’d been thinking that this voice was the best, most beautiful, and most expressive AI I’d ever heard. 😊
@EvelynEdwards
19 күн бұрын
@@Debbie338 ohhhh bless you. Thank you Debbie! 💚🙏🏻
@229andymon
17 күн бұрын
Not sure, as a Scot, I’d call Athelstan “progressive”.
🙏❤️ Love from Scotland ❤️🙏
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Love back from Scotland! I’m there too! 😉💚
This is gold one Evelyn :)
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Thank you so much friend!!
Beautiful and we'll spoken narration so ethereal ❤
@EvelynEdwards
20 күн бұрын
🥰🥰💚 thank you so much! What a lovely compliment.
Excellent work! Thank you!
@EvelynEdwards
17 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! 💚🙏🏻
I love this, Thank you. ⚔️💚🏰
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
You're so welcome! So glad you liked it Layne! 💚
I love that these vids are now showing on my fyp :) fantastic 🎉 all power to the both of you
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
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My 33rd great granduncle.....
Thank you 🙏
@EvelynEdwards
21 күн бұрын
You’re so welcome!
Fabulous series. So well produced and narrated.
@EvelynEdwards
17 күн бұрын
Thank you Kay! That means so much!
Great video!👏👏👏💚🤩
@EvelynEdwards
10 күн бұрын
💚💚thank you so much Chelsea!
I loved this so much. You make history matter.
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Oh friend! This is the nicest compliment ever! 🥹
Great video, most of englands history starts after 1066, thank you
@EvelynEdwards
3 күн бұрын
Ohhh but there is so so much before then! So many interesting people and stories! So glad you enjoyed!! 💚
Chissà perché il re Aethelstan non si sposò mai. Eppure in quel periodo assicurarsi una discendenza era molto importante per conservare il regno e trasmetterlo ai propri successori. Aveva combattuto tanto per riunire sotto di sé tutte le sue terre e poi dopo la sua morte si è tutto dissolto non avendo discendenti? Storia ricca di fascino!
@EvelynEdwards
18 күн бұрын
There are two theories as to why he never married. He was incredibly pious and celibacy was celebrated then. Also it could have been a condition of Wessex accepting him as king- that when he died and the line would not continue through him.
I don't think England will ever have such an amazing and positively progressive king ever again. I don't think the role of the king is set up for this to be the case.
Thanks
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Ohhhh friend. You are the bestest of the best!
@riverbankjohn
24 күн бұрын
@@EvelynEdwards love ya mate!
Thanks Evelyn. There Are still Edgars and Alfreds, but no Aethelstans
@EvelynEdwards
26 күн бұрын
Alfred was pretty spectacular…so that doesn’t sound like to bad of a deal. 😉😉💚 thank you friend!
He was the 1st king of Emgland
Yes. Aetrhelstan was the first King of the English and as you say held sovereignty over the whole of GB for a time. Educated, intelligent and caring, his court became quite possibly the most influential in Europe so much so that some European rulers sent their sons to be educated at Aethelstan's court. I have for years now thought I will definitely invite King Aethelstan to my fantastic dinner party for selected former monarchs of England. A great man about whom we know little other than that he achieved much.
@EvelynEdwards
6 күн бұрын
I would love to be a fly on the wall at that dinner party 😉
The stone slab marked 941 is the date when the bones were moved to Malmesbury ?? Sorry i didnt get that.....
@EvelynEdwards
24 күн бұрын
No. If you pause and read the sign Aethelstan Gifted the land of Kings Heath to the people of Malmesbury after his death and that is the year it became officially theirs.
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