- One of Athelstan's greatest achievements as King was his conquest of the northern territories of York and Northumbria in 926.
- В итоге воеводы Этельстана собрали лишь жалкую кучку бойцов, которая оказалась разбита в первом же столкновении с неприятелем.
- King Athelstan united all the Saxon kingdoms for the first time and has become known as the father of medieval and modern England.
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- Athelstan was crowned in 925 at Kingston-upon-Thames, which was located on the boundary separating Wessex and Mercia.
- King Athelstan, often described as the first king of England, has one of the best reputations of all the English monarchs.
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- In 926 Athelstan conquered Northumbria, and in the same year he had his sister Edith marry Sihtric, king of Jorvik (York).
- Этельстан активно способствовал династическим бракам своих многочисленных родственников, однако собственную семью так и не создал.
- It took time for Athelstan to be accepted everywhere, and years into his reign there was a plot by a nobleman called Alfred to have him blinded and deposed.