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King Æthelstan
Æthelstan was king of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 and ruled a kingdom encompassing most of present-day England from 927 until his death in 939. His conquest of York ended the region's independent Viking kingdom, and his charters and coinage asserted authority over a unified English realm. In 937 he de...
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The top alternative to King Æthelstan in 2026 is Queen Elizabeth I with a score of 9.2/10, followed by King Alfred the Great (9.1) and King William I (the Conqueror) (8.7).
Queen Elizabeth I
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