Aethelstan ascended the throne of Wessex in 924 AD. By 927 AD he had united small kingdoms into what we now know as England.
First King
Turns out Aethelstan was the man,
with intelligence and a future vision,
devised an ambitious plan,
a land of Angles to be his creation.
Mercians accepted Aethelstan at once,
Wessex were slower to concur,
in 925 agreed final acceptance,
but Vikings unlikely to defer.
So to Northumbria to tackle the Vikings,
a thornier diplomatic process,
involving less talk and more fightings,
the Nordic tribes had Aethelstan in a vice.
Resolute, the would-be king,
was determined to achieve his aim,
the death of the ruling Northumbrian Viking,
allowed him to fulfil his claim.
The rulers in Scottish and Welsh land,
agreed borders with our new king,
and so was the birth of England,
energy needed for maintaining.
Aethelstan’s diplomacy was not over,
looking to Europe for expansion,
married off his sisters to uncover,
allies to support more acquisition.
So for almost 1100 years,
from the moment of first inception,
England has always been a diversity pioneer,
with all the benefits of aggregation.
©David L Atkinson September 2025
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