Athelstan expelled the Norse king Guthfrith and seized York in 927, making himself the first king of all England. The Danish and Norse population of the city submitted without a prolonged siege. Athelstan garrisoned the city and demolished Viking fortifications, consolidating southern English authority over the Danelaw for the first time.
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