 Athelstan MannessonBorn C 925 at Mercia,England, died after 958 at of East Anglia,,,England, at least 33 years UID: BD1F0C01B9B7D611871B0040F453705D360F// Mayflower PAF Danish Duke of East Angles; father of Alware who m. Leofwine, Earl of Mercia. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD00] Earl of East Anglia, one of the most powerful of the advisors of King Eadred. Was not a fan of King Eadwig; foster-father of Eadgar who was elected king by the Mercians and the Northumbrians when he was only 14. Under Edmund and Eadred, Aethelstan was known as the "Half-king," on account of the influence that he possessed. All the mentions that we have of him are to his credit: but as he was on the winning side, and moreover was a close friend of Dunstan, this is but what might have been expected. That he was no mere ambitious self-seeker, anxious to exercise the powers of a regent, seems to be shown by the fact that in 958 he resigned his ealdormanry, and retired into a monastery within a year after Eadgar had been made king. His province, and some part at least of his political power, passed to his sons, Aethelsige, Aethelweald and Aethelwine, of whom the first two can be proved by charters to have been already ealdormen before their father retired to his monastery. The third, Aethelwine, succeeded ultimately (962) to the paternal ealdormanry of East Anglia. [A History of England Prior to the Norman Conquest, pp. 538-542] Married/ Related to: N.N. Children: 2.  Alwara of MerciaBorn 955 at of Mercia, England, died between 975 and 1030, 74 or 75 years Mayflower PAF Dau. of Aethelstan Mannesson, Danish Duke of East Angles; m. Leofwine, Earl of Mercia; mother of Leofric III, Earl of Mercia. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD00] 3. AethelsigeBorn ± 920 at of East Anglia,,,England, died ± 958, approximately 38 years Son of Aethelstan, ealdorman of East Anglia; signed chargers as Dux (ealdorman) from 950 onward to 958. [A History of England Before the Norman Conquest, p. 541-2] 4. Aethelweald of East Anglia EaldormanBorn ± 930 at of East Anglia,,,England Son of Aethelstan the Half-king; signs charters as Dux (ealdorman) from 956 onward. [A History of England Prior to the Norman Conquest, pp. 541-2] 5. Aethelwine of East Anglia Ealdorman EaldormanBorn ± 935 at of East Anglia,,,England, died ± 990, approximately 55 years Son of Aethelstan, Ealdorman of East Anglia; succeeded to East Anglia on is borther's death in 962, and held it till about 990, exercising great power under Edward II and Aethelred II, as well as under Eadgar. [A History of England Before the Norman Conquest, pp. 541-2] | |||