Æthelstan

Æthelstan or  Athelstan was an early English monarch, he reigned from 927 up until his death in 939. He never married, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund. Æthelstan still encountered resistance in Wessex for several months, and was not crowned until September 925. After the death of Edward,  Edward's eldest son by Ælfflæd, had ranked above Æthelstan in attesting a charter in 901, and Edward may have intended Ælfweard to be his successor as king, either of Wessex only or of the whole kingdom. If Edward had intended his realms to be divided after his death, his deposition of Ælfwynn in Mercia in 918 may have been intended to prepare the way for Æthelstan's succession as king of Mercia.  When Edward died, Æthelstan was apparently with him in Mercia, while Ælfweard was in Wessex.