The True Story of King Æthelstan | The Last Kingdom

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A lot of you may know Aethelstan from the TV show the last Kingdom or Vikings, but I am going to tell you the real of story of this legendary King. Historians hold him in high regard, he has been described as, “The Father of mediaeval modern England” and “One of the Greatest Anglo-Saxon Kings.” His ascent to greatness however, would not be easy for he had to keep up the work of his father Edmund The Elder who had provided him the blueprint of how take control of the turbulent Danelaw. Aethelstan would do exactly that and more being the one who united all the Kingdoms in England under his sole rule. This is his story.
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[@carlabamford9154]

I was married to an English man and lived in Malmesbury in Wiltshire. I learned about Æthelstan there because he is buried in the Abbey. It's a tiny town but they have a museum dedicated to him!

[@liamsnow4642]

"Was" Were his teeth too crooked and his hands too soft that you had to end the marriage? :P

[@acecolnaco6587]

Son you don't get soft hands when your fighting wars with countries that can fight back for thousands of years lol seriously where you from? The English has been fighting wars with each other and the whole world for thousands of years invading and conquering France later destroying French empires then Spanish empire Dutch empire invading Turkey and most of Africa all of north America thrashed all useless aboriginal peeps ( ok the British thermonuclear bombs dropping on them in Australia in the 50s was wrong) shooting them for trying to eat us was totally justified I mean after conquering everybody we then fought each other then after Germany tried to take us on 😂😁😃😅😄 twice we thrashed them and also paid for Frances and Belgians and Russia's war with 4 million men we destroyed the German army bit by bit cost millions of men but hey I served in the British army and served in Iraq I seen that nasty world only ww1 would of x60 worse but the massive British fleet destroyed the gay little German fleet then we thrashed the Turks Austria then after the USA enter the war to ehh fight one battle, the British had to invade Russia created the Baltic states and invade Ukraine and Caucasian states to stop communism from spreading yes we actually fought the enemy hot not cold then ww 2 most of the British army 4 million men had to be sent to India Burma because Japanese was the main threat to the empire, leaving 3 million in Britain we only sent half a million to France the Germans didn't have a surface fleet only uboats trying to starve us but control of the air might of helped but in 1940 we blew them out the sky we sank there navy 20 year earlier so Germany lost the west but the east was where Nazi wanted to set up empire so they sent 75% of there army and air force to invad and after killing 30 million Soviet people the Russian turned them around and annihilated them alone, but the English have war and resistance in there blood there bred for war I mean the working class and poor the middle class rejects in metropolitan London have soft hands and cocks almost worse than the Americans,

[@magsycle2985]

@@liamsnow4642 She said English, not American

[@chrisbarfield4830]

@@liamsnow4642 0

[@waynewatts8736]

Having such experience must've grand I'm a little jealous 😉

[@paulm3033]

Excellent video . Athelstan was truly a great king ,a worthy successor to his grandfather and deserves to be better known and appreciated.

[@juliadean2473]

That was good to hear. In those days Kings really had to work hard and needed vision.

[@AGULL]

And kings of today takes all our money😑1mil a year for a princess🤡

[@nickwhite7476]

Athelstan, Edward the Elder and Alfred the Great Son, Father and Grandfather three of the greatest rulers in English history, What a lineage. What a shame the foundations of England are often overlooked and ignored by the Education system as if the Norman invasion was the starting point which swept away the culture of all that went before. I think the World Wars helped this narrative for those wanting to distance England from its Germanic/Danish roots.

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

Nip English nationalism in the bud by not telling the people how they became who they became. People of Anglo-Saxon descent are generally working class as of 1066 so all those in power generally prefer to gloss over the English pre Norman overlords. Many of those in power today can trace their ancestry back to those who crossed the channel in 1066 and it's not just the Aristocracy or Monarchy.

[@phoenixrose1192]

@@dontgivamonkeyz And yet those ancestors absorbed our culture and married English people. So we had the last laugh! By the way, there are plenty of people in power with non Norman roots, we can thank social mobility for that.

[@derris751]

Well I guess William the conqueror decended from Rollo who was a Northman so swings n roundabouts :D It is a shame though as so much happened between the Romans leaving and 1066 that I feel it should be taught, I doubt most kids in the UK school system would even know that England was once the central hub of a great northern empire

[@paulwaide6201]

Genetics trace my English roots to well before Saxon times but my family name is from Saxon/Angle/Jute origins - genetic analysis shows that the Angle/Saxon/Jute influx accounts for a tiny percentage (although> Norman) of the gene pool of most traditional English families, so the vast part of the gene pool of English peoples predates that period but also predates Celtic culture too. Nationlism remains an ignorant and devisive idea that everyone would be better off rejecting - judge people (if you must) by their character, not their imagined origins.

[@jeanmrad8545]

And yet we see film makers ridiculing these extraordinary men with no respect to their culture and heritage

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Yes I know what you mean Netflix made a woke version of him and his boyfriend 🤦‍♂️ ridiculous

[@XaldinX]

him being gay makes it woke even tho english kings were known for their promiscuity? i dont get it lol did u not want them to be historically acurate?@@MICHAEL-wg2lh

[@Justaguy10723]

@@MICHAEL-wg2lh there was nothing woke about it

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

@@Justaguy10723 the king having a fella was ...... Put in the script by .... Woke people shock horror obviously you are too lollll

[@invincibleluis]

Watching these history videos always reminds me that what remains of us after our death are our names and our deeds.

[@historyprofiles]

Indeed Luis! All that will be left of us is what we did in life…. Thank you so much for watching!!

[@desirejohnson2124]

@@historyprofiles the soul lives on

[@Justaguy10723]

@@desirejohnson2124 no

[@sozibrahman8504]

Here just after watching the movie "seven kings must die" ....hits different

[@margheritatimeus3400]

The Last Kingdom and the movie were very well done fiction, not an historical documentary. Not so far from the true to be completely BS (screenplay simply filled with fantasy things that we don't know), well acted and accurate in portraiting costumes and battles. But just fiction, never forget It and never mix It with true history.

[@sozibrahman8504]

@@margheritatimeus3400 well fiction draws people to the real history. I certainly enjoyed the movie. But eventually I will learn the real history.

[@eliasattal3205]

@@sozibrahman8504 it drew me to the real history and I’m an Italian

[@Justaguy10723]

@@margheritatimeus3400 i am not from UK (from India) yet I got into history related to the house of wessex after watching the series and movie

[@cobrakai388]

the other kings cant defeat Æthelstan coz he was trained growing up by the Lord of Bebbanburg, Uhtred son of Uhtred, born a Saxon, raised as a Dane. Destiny is ALL!

[@jazsy8416]

😁😁😁The last kingdom

[@acecolnaco6587]

😂😅😊 the Vikings got slaughtered by the Saxons and English 95,% of the time the Viking were really good at beat the Saxon undefended churches and monestrys .....get back to watching your gay vikings son the English have war in there blood that's why they conquer and invaded all 12 countries lol

[@tjtrent2351]

@@acecolnaco6587 Calm down big fella. We know your fingers ache with the rage of all nerds before, but lest thy Cheetos go forever, calm you ponies and rest thy Diet Coke. Nerd rage will not prosper beyond the Kingdom of your Mothers basement. Seek wisdom, not from D&D, but from real work, the trades. Get a skill and become a man. The original comment was a joke, you will learn in time, heavy one. My work here is done.

[@THEDOGFATHERL11]

​@@acecolnaco6587moden day England is built on saxon an vikings we all decend from both we could be full viking ancestry or full saxon or a mix but vikings never left like the German saxons

[@groverearp2600]

AEthelstan learned a great deal about warfare from Uhtred son of Uhtred !

[@muhammadujaama631]

Destiny is all!

[@amyholbrook9419]

Fate is inexorable, you mean...

[@grover2727]

@@amyholbrook9419 Amy, that is an unexpected word choice, to be honest I had to Google it. Is " inexorable " a normal word you use in your daily vocabulary ? I have NEVER heard that word used in a sentence in my entire life.

[@MindSurf248]

@@grover2727 No It's an old fashioned word, but used in Last Kingdom

[@amyholbrook9419]

It's the proper phrase from the original Bernard Cornwell books. For the OG fans...

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

The whole saga of the Anglo Saxon/English Kings right the way through from Alfred the Great (or even before) through Edward the Elder, Aethelstan and Prince Edmund, Aethelred II and his sons Aethelstan and Edmund Ironsides all the way up to Edward the Confessor and the last - Harold Godwinson is very poorly understood by most English people, and yet was absolutely crucial to the formation of England - and "Great Britain". Why has there never been a film about the most famous English battle - Hastings??? This is why it's a really good thing that people are now investigating these times for themselves and making these KZbin videos to inform people of their early heritage. Fantastic.

[@jenniferharrison4319]

Maybe the powers that be don’t want the plebs to realise that in a roundabout way the Vikings conquered England through William the Conqueror, descendant of Danish/Norman Viking Rollo 🤔

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

The ruling elite don't want people to know that the English are the victims of colonialism by the Norman's and their ancestors to this very day. Let's face it the English have been ruled by one foreigner after another for a millenia. French Normans/plantagenets for 300+ yrs then Welsh (Tudors) then Scots (Stuarts) a Dutch Orange bloke some Germans (Hanoverians) then more Germans (saxe Coburg gotha) aka the Windsors. Even before 1066 were subjugated by Danes, the British Establishment gave away all their overseas lands they conquered but still held on to the English ones.

[@ambitiousram]

@@jenniferharrison4319 The Normans did not consider themselves Viking at all, that'd be like saying the French nobility were German

[@BlackQback]

@@ambitiousram On top of that, even "Vikings" did not consider themselves Viking; vikings were never a nation or an ethnicity, they never called themselves Vikings, it was something they did (go on a viking - raiding, by boat), so calling them Norse, Northmen or, as the English did - Danes (as they called all Scandinavians) would be more accurate.

[@theshamanarchist5441]

@@ambitiousram They are. Vikings are German also.

[@jscho8674]

I was so excited to find your videos today! I am absolutely fascinated by the ancient kings of England, and that you have been focusing on the characters from The Last Kingdom is such a bonus. Your videos are terrific. Thank you!

[@emwjmannen2]

Can someone tell me what happened that monk kid in The Last Kingdom? What did Brida do to him when he was all bloody on his stomach? Or did she cut off his balls?

[@trustno1z]

@@emwjmannen2 that was uhtreds son, she cut it all off.

[@emwjmannen2]

@@trustno1z Really, wow?!

[@trustno1z]

@@emwjmannen2 🤣🤣🤣good job changing your question!! You asked about athelstan the bastard!! Two different people!!

[@donnadees1971]

Try reading about England’s history during civil wars. My God, Ii couldn’t get thru it.

[@MrVvulf]

I've been a huge fan of Aethelstan since Michael Wood's documentary entitled "In Search of the Dark Ages...Aethelstan" which aired around 1980. I appreciate your video, the detail and effort that went into making it. I'd lived just outside Gloucester for 3 years in the 70s and really enjoyed the history and gorgeous countryside of the area. It's no wonder there were so many Roman Villas found within 30 miles of Gloucester, it's beautiful and fertile.

[@Boudicca15]

I watched that and so enjoyed it, very informative, I love hearing the Anglo Saxon language, the amazing Michael Wood can speak the language, 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@MrVvulf]

@@Boudicca15 You might enjoy Simon Roper's channel. He has videos where he speaks Anglo-Saxon and Old English.

[@dennisolesen6188]

​​@@MrVvulf Yes or maybe she will enjoy that season/episode where Floki gets enough of Athelstan 😂🤷‍♂️😂

[@MrVvulf]

@@dennisolesen6188 Haha. Different Aethelstan, but I get and appreciate the joke.

[@paulm3033]

Michael Wood is one of the best TV historians of recent years , his series about the village of Kibworth is definitely worth seeing if you haven't already seen it .

[@aarondemiri486]

the anglo Saxon kings will certainly require greater study from me for they truly were an interesting bunch

[@historyprofiles]

They really were! Thank you so much for watching!

[@annychest718]

Ingle's were Spanish and Saxons were French

[@seppgreap463]

@@annychest718 Not german??

[@annemurphy9339]

@@annychest718 Saxon = sons of Isaac.

[@gingthedigger5046]

I've watched all these now and more last kingdom is solely responsible for my sudden interest in Anglo Saxon and vikings histories

[@yenocbigtu]

Iam so facinated with the story and it begun when i watched the whole episode of the last kingdom, searching for Uthred i found out that all the characters were all real and thier stories although some are twisted. I am really hooked in thier history..

[@dashrender9320]

I'm going to start The Last Kingdom tonight.

[@historyprofiles]

Do it

[@dashrender9320]

@@historyprofiles today me and the wife are going binge watch as much as we can.

[@jscho8674]

You will absolutely LOVE it. It is sooooo good. Definitely one of my all time favorite shows. I wish they had done more seasons but I look forward to the movie. :)

[@missfieyzasan1541]

love the series..love,friends, revenge,loyal,satisfy all in one...

[@muhammadujaama631]

​@@jscho8674 Uhtred is clearly an immortal, considering how many generations he lives through by the end.

[@johnrogers8836]

Ecgbert (grandfather to Alfred) should not be overlooked when talking of the ancestors of the likes of Athelstan... it was ecgbert who broke the mercian supremeecy, and started Wessex on its road to success, and thus, a very important figure in England’s history

[@marinakaiser7639]

John you know a lot about Englands history 👍

[@mrk1298]

Same one who fought against Ragnar?

[@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220]

The battle of Ellendun which was won by Ecgbhert against Mercia was won of the most decisive battles fought on English soil.

[@historyprofiles]

I agree John, that may have been an oversight on my part. Thank you so much for watching! And there might be an Ecgbert video on the way!

[@marinakaiser7639]

@@historyprofiles 👍😊

[@cokeysnose375]

Thanks for the upload this morning!

[@Fatherland927]

The Anglo-Saxons were awesome, when united they were strong, resilient and fierce warriors that won battle after battle against the Danes. It's sad Alfred the Great does not get much credit.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Bruh they could kick ass before they were united. It took 30-50 years before the Franks would defeat the Saxons and Frisians. And despite losing many battles and wars. Killed hundreds of thousands of Franks. And the Saxons and Frisians in Britain destroyed remnants of Roman forces and private auxiliary units and later Welsh armies or each other in Britain.

[@Fatherland927]

@@noahtylerpritchett2682 well said, true. Though they foght each other because of the heptarchy rivalry, the Anglo-Saxons fought hard against every foe and eventually unified England under æthelstan, against a coalition!

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

@@Fatherland927 yes. Both British and continental Anglo-Saxons were powerful. Losing battles? They still killed so many enemies that it often would feel like defeats. There were still Jutes and Angles left in Denmark. No way they were simply absorbed. They probably put up tough rebellions to resist Danish occupation before the inevitable conquest. Besides, Angles, Danes, Geats, Jutes, Saxons, Frisians, all made up a culturally genetically overlapping cline of continuum of cultures. Disregarding the arbitrary North Sea and North Germanic boundaries. Plus as my quora answer shows. Angles and Saxons are lists of hundreds of tribes in a confederation

[@robertpegg7251]

But Alfred does get credit , - its in his Title "The Great" ,the only English king to be called thus. Aethelflead ,his daughter and the "Lady of the Mercians" must have been astounding , - what a woman, In a time of Male kings ,she made all the minor kings submit to her ... She didnt live long enough to unite all of England properly but she would have .. Aethelstan - Alfreds Grandson was taught or tutored by Aethelflead and united all of Britain including the Scots Welsh Strathclyde and Danish kings who all submitted to him ,- until the Battle of Brunanburgh ...All credit to Bernard Cornwall,the author of the fictional but based on fact "Last Kingdom" books for helping to throw some light into the Dark ages .Enthralling subject .Why Hollywood didnt get into the act ,i have no idea but the "Vikings" film of some years ago starring Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis etc is also a thrilling watch .

[@theshamanarchist5441]

They are a Victorian fictional people. Same as 'celts'.

[@mrk1298]

After watching kingdom, I wouldn't expect son of Edward be such a bad ass

[@historyprofiles]

He was indeed ! Thank you so much for watching!

[@TheMogregory]

Edward was misrepresented in Kingdom. Aethelstan's early life was spent with his aunt, the formidable Lady of the Mercians; with that example it's no surprise he grew up to be such a bad ass.

[@phoenixrose1192]

Edward was no slouch in TLK, and he definitely wasn’t irl.

[@phoenixrose1192]

And the whole bloodline was badass, well apart from Aethelred the ‘unready’ of course.

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

Anglo-Saxon history has been poorly presented by tv shows over last decade very little is accurate.

[@pinklady3885]

Thank you dear Ollie. I enjoyed this piece of our history. You have a delightful voice. 💃🍎👌

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much! It really means a lot!

[@laurisafine7932]

Very nice. Could you possibly do one on the actual differences between their laws ie. what was Dane Law vs. Anglo-Saxon Law?

[@marcperri6168]

What a great job you did with the videos. There’s so many videos and books on English history they’re a dime a dozen but your knowledge and narration grabs my interest in a different way, it’s a lot of fun to listen and hard to stop watching. I love it, keep them coming and thank you!!

[@jerradgindle]

great video! tis the first of yours I've seen and I really enjoyed it! I'm looking forward to binging the rest of your channel!!

[@barrydysert2974]

Masterfully Made Mr. Kelly. Thank you and God bless !:-) 🙏

[@voodoodarlin6488]

Love these keep them coming. I listen to you while I am at work, I absolutely love history and you do an amazing job! Thank you for doing this for us.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! Your comment really means a lot to me!!

[@loiswilson3381]

Excellent summary of very interesting history! I love everything Viking! Thank You! Lois

[@marshacullen1970]

I find this actual history of England's early Kings fascinating. I'm going to follow you hoping for more.

[@marinakaiser7639]

Ollie your vids are so great i can't get enough of them lately😊.Thank you for your interesting and awesome narration❤🖤👋😘‼i

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Hello

[@marinakaiser7639]

@@cyankirkpatrick5194 Hi Cyan😁👍

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

@@marinakaiser7639 👋

[@lyndenrutley786]

I could listen for hours and WILL !!

[@jamiegregg9211]

awesome video Ollie loved it looking forward to your next vid mate

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Jamie!

[@jamiegregg9211]

@@historyprofiles your welcome mate

[@mikegrigg11]

Excellent, extremely enjoyable, thank you !!

[@MrVlandus]

This is a very interesting time period to study. There is a lot of what ifs that can be made. Good job

[@MaryAmesMitchell]

Thank you for putting together the story of another one of my ancestors. Amazing.

[@historyprofiles]

Amazing to have him as an ancestor! I hope you enjoyed the content!

[@MaryAmesMitchell]

@@historyprofiles yes. Good job!

[@swayp5715]

I have been watching the last Kingdom and this recount was really helpful and useful thank you you have a lovely voice too❤

[@dreadlock17]

Of course Aethelstan was great. He was trained by Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

[@laurag7295]

Uhtred was a fictional character, no doubt there were great generals helping the king

[@muhammadujaama631]

Destiny is all!

[@muhammadujaama631]

​@Laura Golanch semi- fictional. There was an Uhtred of Bamburgh (Bebbanburg), but he wasn't involved in any of the story we got in the show.

[@tomyamartino]

Everything I know about this time I learned from The Last Kingdom and KZbin videos that correct The Last Kingdom.

[@ELKE-]

What a great surprise video! This is the amazing Ollie with his awesome Medieval Histories. Thank you for your hard work

[@pinklady3885]

Hi there dear Elke.Hope you are well. I am recovering from major surgery. It is good to be home. 🍎💃🤗👌

[@ELKE-]

@@pinklady3885 Hi dear Pink Lady! Oh! Sorry hear that, I didn't know! Glad all went well and you are home! Wish good recovery for you. Make sure you have plenty of rest! Blessings nice lady🙏🏻 Thank you, I'm not to bad, had appts this morning and I got here later to listen to Ollie. I might have more surgeries in near future. We just celebrate our lives at the moment, because God is Good isn't?🕊 I already listened the video twice, love these histories. Wish great day dear one🌻 See you next!

[@pinklady3885]

@@ELKE- Thank you so much for your response. Yes God is good and helps us to stay strong. Ollie does such good interesting history and his voice is so delightful... I enjoy these interesting times and unusual names. I will now rest.... see you next week. 💃🍎😴😴🤗❤️🏵️🐝💐🌳🥀🌼🌸🌻🍁🍀

[@ELKE-]

@@pinklady3885 You are welcome dear Pink! Yes, I love listen to him also, he and his brothers has the most beautiful voice to narrate stories. And Ollie has the magnificent one for those kind histories. I imagine him as one of the Kings or Vikings, while he narrate them! Lol Silly me😄 Okay, I go back to my rest too. 6:52pm here already! Good night and good rest! 🌻🌼🍂🦋🌹🦩🤗 Yes, see you next week!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Elke!!

[@aaironparker2837]

Very beautifully told. Great job

[@shandawg6335]

Who ever made this video, you done a bloody terrific job 👏 ❤️

[@sergeantmajorette]

If only you had some input in constructing the character of Aethelstan in the Last Kingdom finale movie, 7 Kings Must Die! There was no hint of the warrior king's strength, determination, scholarship, and achievement!

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

I knew I recognized your voice! Great video.

[@xh3075]

This was super interesting to watch. I had never heard of any of this as it's not covered in our education system but through TLK I got to hear about him. I really like videos going into the historcial aspect to understand more. I love Aethelstan in the series and the movie. I actually enjoyed him even more in the movie because of his character development and actually having dialogue outside of being in battles all of the time. It gave Aethelstan a lot of depth and showed the change of him being in the series vs the many years later being in the movie. I think the movie especially showed some of the qualities I am learning about him here and proved himself a strong king. For TLK, it is so early in his life as king that I wished there was more time in the movie to see his later years as well (too bad Netflix refused another season). Harry Gilby who played Aethelstan is such an amazing actor.

[@TheCrimeReel]

Really interesting case again HP - great video and the music was superb too

[@marybrand8269]

Very informative and interesting.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching!!!

[@melissavancleave8686]

I really enjoy your channel.

[@roseharper2648]

Thank you fabulous video

[@annychest718]

History never changes

[@donnadees1971]

Thank you so much, I can refer to this to help understand history

[@danielburford6941]

I have seen how he fights and cares in "The Last Kingdom." I wish he ruled all of 🇬🇧 not just because he may 😕 have been King of all England, but also for being the greatest king 😢 that ever lived.

[@jfssparky]

A great man for his time. Can you just imagine how hard life was then

[@Terri_MacKay]

I managed to make it through a season and a half of GoT, before completely losing interest. I never watched Vikings or The Last Kingdom because I thought they would be the same kind of shows. However, I've always been interested in the early English kings, and I've been loving your biographies of the historical figures from TLK. They definitely made me interested enough to start bingeing the series. It's fantastic, and 100X better than GoT. The fact that it's based on actual history makes it much more interesting for me.

[@elainelouve]

I agree, TLK is good.:) The Vikings at first was entertaining, but it's more fantasy than history. And I still cringe at Uppsala being a temple in the Norwegian mountains.😬 (It was and is a famous historical city on the coast of Sweden, next to Stockholm.) In the Vikings they took huge liberties and combined at least 2 centuries of history, like Rollo duke of Normandy was on the first ever viking raid to Lindisfarne... The storytelling in the last seasons of the Vikings sucked so much in my opinion that I didn't want to waste my time, even though it would be kind of interesting to know what happened in the end.

[@Terri_MacKay]

@@elainelouve Isn't it funny when you stick with a show for years, then lose interest right at the end? I've watched every season of The Walking Dead, religiously, then it just completely lost me during its final season. At least you're a bit interested in knowing how Vikings ended. After watching the first 4 TWD episodes this season, I realized that I just don't care. They're still introducing new groups and new characters, when I think that the last season should have been focused just on the core characters. So many characters come in and go on that show, there are people who have been on for 3-4 years and I still don't know their names. The show just became too big in terms of the cast. I know that my 2 favourite characters, Daryl and Carol, survive because they're doing a spinoff show...that's really all I need to know. I love history, and I realize that when I watch a historical TV show or movie, there's going to be some liberties taken with actual events for the sake of brevity and entertainment. But when they start fudging with the facts to the point where they are actually presenting a version of history that is just grossly inaccurate, that will make me lose interest very quickly. If the inaccuracies in Vikings was as bad as you say, I can understand your frustration, and why you lost interest in the show. Isn't Viking/Norse history interesting enough as it is....did they think they could make it more intetesting by playing with the facts??

[@elainelouve]

@@Terri_MacKay yes, that's so true. They could have easily made it about generations, because they already have the sons of the original hero become the main focus. And now there's a spinoff series that goes further in history. The Icelandic sagas also tell about the families and the origin of the heroes, so that would work even in a more fantasy context (they utilized those old tales and added mythological characters, and I'm ok with that, because it fits the theme, but I wanted more historical and cultural accuracy to back it up).

[@waltonsmith7210]

GOT is is just as good.....

[@wilsmith44]

Best King Ever!

[@gillianalexander3846]

I come from Stonehaven the little town at Dunottar Castle . I had no idea the Saxons made it that far north!

[@bradkempton7905]

I'm going to take an educated guess and say that his brother died from having too much steel/iron in his body. Mainly in the form of a sword thru his heart.

[@ChristianAuditore14]

Iron poisoning

[@historyprofiles]

I also think he was killed, how he died is in no source I could find though was probably covered up…. Aethelstans reign wasn’t recoded that well though compared to his grandfather Alfreds

[@bradkempton7905]

@@historyprofiles It would make sense for that time frame. A lot of potential claimants to a throne were killed. The projection of strength, power and ruthlessness seem to have been more important to a long lasting reign than honor, peace and love. Especially in that Era, where there were so many different "kingdoms" where each and every king, earl or nobleman did whatever they could or had to to gain more power, prestige and riches. The line of succession wasn't as important as it later became with the Witan having the power to choose somebody else, so if a younger brother was a potential threat, then they had to die. Often for the good of the people to avoid civil war.

[@clossemarin3201]

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[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This historical knowledge js fascinating.

[@cathywallace3867]

I love the truth of The last Kingdom. I sometimes think I am a distant relative. My ancestors came from Denmark, Scandinavia and England. Great Britain.

[@nickgavis0305]

That was very interesting

[@milagroscastillo6647]

He was a great guy 🙂

[@SteveGouldinSpain]

I just read the Sarah Foot biography so now I'm an Æthelstan fan and want to know more about him. I was born in Kingston-u-Thames but didn't learn much about him growing up, which was a big fail on behalf of our history teachers! What comes across from the book is how he was a pioneer of 'branding' wearing a crown instead of a helmet and getting his face on the coinage, which was an important way to reach a lot of folk who didn't read. Also that his reign encourage the enlightenment of academia, the church, the written law and proclamations which form much of what we know about him. I can't get over how he isn't more famous than he should be.

[@michaelsinger4638]

I’m reading a book on him right now.

[@joealyjim3029]

To me the reluctance of the witan to proclaim him king of Wessex after Aelfweards death suggests he may have had something to do with it

[@beasttheredknight5741]

I think this is going to be in season 6 or the movie they call it in last Kingdom

[@vivianoshea1083]

Love this very interesting. Unfortunately it’s still going on in this day and age. Many men dying for the power hungry leaders.

[@MrsRanchoFiesta]

I'm surprised at how much recorded history is not taught in school. Who, in education departments, decides which history IS or is NOT important?

[@historyprofiles]

I know it’s a complete joke. If we learnt interesting immersive things about our ancestors things would be much better

[@svg3876]

“It will not be written that Alfred did stand on the shoulders of Uhtred.”

[@rebeccalee1065]

The "Great Battle" Was A Great Example Of How One Can End Up Winning A Battle -- To Only End Up Losing More Than Those They Defeated. Did Any Of Them Ever Heard Of The Word "Retreat?" It Was Awful, And Unnecessary, For So Many To DIE Over Spoils And Kingdoms That Was So Easy Lost (In So Little Time).

[@gavinmorgan8861]

What Castle is at the start of the video?

[@lordappiah7646]

Uhtred was the one who helped the king to achieve the dream of England 🇬🇧

[@faeiger9215]

Nope, he was in a completely different time period.

[@laurag7295]

A good general helped the King, in Bernard Cornwell's books, Utrecht is that general, but he is fictional.

[@freewheelman68]

You mean 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (🇬🇧 = UK)

[@amrifanpage]

The character is entirely fictional.

[@chosen7276]

Uhtred was roughly seventy years later after athelstan's rule. He was eaolderman of northumbria from 1010 till his death in 1016 😊

[@famousragnar7005]

by history uthred was born in 971 and aethalstan was born in 894 😪😪 but lord uthred was one of the greatest warrior of his ages🙌🙌

[@maricarteodoro5907]

Aethelstan a great warrior king, strong grandson of Alfred the great.

[@asaregracielaeliking650]

Let's see what the Seven Kingdoms must die got for us as the sequel of The last kingdom

[@pattglass4782]

Is called seven Kings must die and it is totally awesome I wish and hope that they could do more about Richard I just adore this movie and the series The last Kingdom

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Very interesting subject. I was waiting for the ads to play out and came upon something called the Celtic Holocaust could you look into that I'm trying to contain my subscriptions here. And I'm not really interested in another one.

[@joshlamingo1145]

So Vinland Saga is inspired by this history...no wonder it hits so deep, it's inspired by true stories.

[@user-eb7pe9bp2q]

Vinland Saga takes place nearly 100-years after this. Vinland Saga was not inspired by the unification of England but the conquest of England by Canute as its backdrop, with Thorfinn’s expedition to Canada being the main focus.

[@heledge]

he kept his word to Uhtredto never marry or have children so his brother could clame the thrown, I allways wondered if he stuck to his word or not xxx

[@hawethornwethers4913]

If I was a part of all that I wouldn't see the point. You live you rule you fight until you die and for what? So your kingdom can have peace? It eventually all falls back into war. Such a bloody history.

[@yourmum69_420]

very true

[@barbarawilson958]

And yet nothing changes

[@nagameel7324]

It would make sense if you lived within those times. If you had to go to war or you had to make peace it had to be done because you wanted to live comfortably in your life.

[@asaregracielaeliking650]

Indeed uthred wasn't mentioned in the Chronicles...history never recorded that as king Alfred said

[@aidanodonnell1344]

That's because Bernard Cornwell created him.

[@wab4425]

Very sad because of this I hate Alfred

[@mekz_n3505]

Not KZbin suggesting this video to me the day after I finish the last kingdom series

[@e.b25]

here after last kingdom season 5

[@wab4425]

What about Utterd? I am confused

[@MikeJea]

Destiny is all!

[@adventussaxonum448]

It's Aethelstan (pronounced Athelstan) and Ecgwine (pronounced Edgewin). "Ae" as in Aelfred.

[@dstoney701]

Wow

[@mariatheresa8206]

❤❤

[@brooke6549]

AEthelsten wasn’t in the show Vikings. The ones that were?! Were not him whatsoever. Jut different AEthelstens at the time.

[@nathanielanderson4367]

He was in Last Kingdom ya numpty

[@brooke6549]

@@nathanielanderson4367 I’m well aware of that. That’s where the image from him is from, still by putting the one in Vikings too which isn’t the same one. He isn’t in that show whatsoever nor is Edward.

[@rhzyo]

@@brooke6549 I don't remember seeing any pictures from Vikings?

[@brooke6549]

@@rhzyo the description.

[@elainelouve]

I think in the Vikings it was supposed to be Aethelstan's son who becomes the great king. Or something. Can't remember how that turned out, if they ever got to it, and I quit watching when Ivar was in Russia.

[@CANADIANgrass87]

Why do you hyper-blue the eyes in your thumbnails?

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Why no sons!? Or daughters? That's what I can't figure out about him.

[@angelagrey6011]

Too busy fighting and that. Betrayal most everywhere. Unable to trust therefore unable to reproduce? Just 💭:)

[@annemurphy9339]

Some people can’t have children.

[@e.b25]

he is in love with uhtred

[@rosaliegolding5549]

Triva: Does anyone know where he is buried A: Malmsbury Abbey Wiltshire 🤗🤷‍♀️

[@jthebigp1]

Destiny is all

[@dr.aniasara7038]

Would be a great film.

[@wab4425]

How he died?

[@starrcitizenalpha7847]

@0:24 "mediaEVAL"...Freudian slip? 🤣

[@Shakkarz]

only in history an his storys last kingdom or Vikings 894- i knew it would be marcia and Essex

[@patrickparsons2378]

Edgar was the first king of Engla Lond not Aethelstan. The latter claimed to be Emperor of Britain not king of England. He merely ruled Wessex and the recently annexed Mercia. Northumbria remained outside the West Saxon Imperium. The Problem is that some modern historians impose anachronistic interpretations on the past. 'England' was only dimly emerging the in the C10th. The notion of the angelcynn, based on Bede's C8th invention of the gens anglorum, was developed in the court circle of Alfred of Wessex to legitimise his claims imperial rulership and to justify his conquests of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which had never been ruled by the West Saxon Kings. The 'English' in the Danish occupied lands were robbed of their ethnic identity. It was political smoke and mirrors.

[@historyprofiles]

He was known as the overlord of Briton having brought all the Kings to heel. So although he may have not "officially" been the first King of England, he was certainly more powerful than Kings of England having dominion over Scotland as well. I suppose he paved the way for Kings of England, and although he may have not been known by the title it fits

[@philiprayner1772]

he sounds like Arthur

[@jameswalker3980]

Was he not the first king as you say..??

[@mijiyoon5575]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@nicolastecson5091]

How could that happen when floki kill him in season 4

[@brunanburh937AD]

Different ÆThelstan

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

I've changed my thumbnail.

[@gerryetheridge7480]

I know him a different way.

[@jonhawkins7510]

Wonder if he actually knew Ragnar Lothbrok

[@ottokos5487]

Aethelstan's life plays over a 100 years after Ragnar Lothbrok. So no.