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To: SunkenCiv

Poor Æthelstan

Always in gramps shadow

Arguably Saxon number two king wise...

Tomb empty....that I did not know


5 posted on 05/10/2020 10:03:53 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: wardaddy
He's the one who finished his gramps' work, and built the English state, ending what has come to be known as the Heptarchy. That was some family. Hmm, come to think of it, technically I'm in that family. Aethelstan's level of field intel seems impressive for that era.

6 posted on 05/10/2020 10:30:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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