Æthelstan was king of East Anglia in the 9th century.As with the other kings of East Anglia there is very little textual information available. Æthelstan did however leave an extensive coinage of both portrait and non-portrait type. It is suggested that Æthelstan was probably the king who defeated and killed the Mercian kings Beornwulf (killed 826) and Ludeca (killed 827). He may have attempted to seize power in East Anglia on the death of Coenwulf of Mercia (died 821).
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