After Aethelflaed death in June 918, Edward moved quickly to take direct control of both Mercia and the recently submitted Leicester. The Chronicle records that the Danes of Leicester and the districts north of the Welland submitted to him. By taking Leicester directly Edward absorbed both Aethelflaed achievement and the Mercian kingdom itself, ending the separate Mercian political entity and completing English unification under West Saxon rule.
West Saxon army under Edward the Elder
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