King of England 939–46. The son of Edward the Elder, he succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, as king in 939. He succeeded in regaining control of Mercia, which on his accession had fallen to the ...
In the hit series Vikings, fans witnessed the friendship between Ragnar Lothbrok and Athelstan (George Blagden), a Saxon monk he encountered during his first raid to the west, in Northumbria ...
Both Tom Holland’s Athelstan and Levi Roach’s Æthelred the Unready are dominated by their respective subject’s struggles with the Vikings, the Scandinavian warriors who subjected England’s coastline ...
However, Louis also resembles another close family member, his cousin, James, Earl of Wessex. Whilst James, now 15, wasn't often captured stepping out with his royal parents, the Duke and Duchess ...
George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 1999. After her wedding, she was known as the Countess of Wessex. In March 2023, Edward and Sophie were given the title of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
King of England 939–46. The son of Edward the Elder, he succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, as king in 939. He succeeded in regaining control of Mercia, which on his accession had fallen to the ...