Athelstan s army marched to meet the great coalition of Scots, Norse, and Strathclyde Welsh at Brunanburh in 937. The exact site remains debated but lies likely in the northwest Midlands or Yorkshire. The campaign was the greatest military undertaking of Athelstan s reign, requiring the mobilisation of the full West Saxon and Mercian host to confront an alliance that threatened to reverse his unification of England.
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