The Last Kingdom is on Netflix and here we take a look at some of the main characters from the show and how they compare to ...

There are a number of candidates for England’s first royal coronation, but one man stands out as the origin of today's monarchy. This is the complex history that led to Aethelstan. A portrait ...

Athelstan rose to become England’s first king in the early 10th ... Aelfweard, was named king of the West Saxons (Wessex).

It appears that his son, Athelstan, was not intended to be king - although he was the first born of Edward's ... Midlands and not as a member of the Wessex establishment. But in 925 he did become ...

A rock crystal, gold, and enamel jewel (right) bears both the king’s likeness and his name.(Museum of London /The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY) He was the first king of “all the English ...

With CBS Studios‘ upcoming King and Conqueror about Harold of Wessex and William the Conqueror ... The Nevers was eventually axed after its first season but Norton said he “can’t imagine ...

The burial place of the first King of England could be tucked within ... founder of the Kingdom of Wessex – which grew into England – could be lying in a Hampshire field, long forgotten.

The Queen was born at 2.40am on April 21 1926 – the first child of the Duke and Duchess ... She was also 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex from 802 and King of England ...