897. Hastings, unable to establish himself in England, retired to France.
901. Death of Alfred. Accession of his son Edward the Elder.
920. Death of Edward’s sister, Ethelfleda, who for several years had governed Mercia.
924. Death of Edward. Accession of his son Athelstan.
926. Athelstan annexed Northumbria, on the death of Sihtric, who, the year before, had married his sister.
937. Anlaf, son of Sihtric, and Constantine, king of the Scots, invaded England. They were defeated, with immense loss, by Athelstan, at Brunanburh.
“To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established what has ever since been called the kingdom of England.”
941. Death of Athelstan. Accession of his brother Edmund. The Northumbrians chose Anlaf as their king.
944. Anlaf died, and Northumbria was re-annexed.
946. Death of Edmund. Accession of his brother Edred.