After Eirik Bloodaxe death at Stainmore, Eadred secured the submission of all Northumbria and appointed Oswulf of Bamburgh as his ealdorman. This marked the permanent unification of England under a single ruler. The reconquest begun by Alfred at Edington in 878 was complete: the Danelaw had been recovered, the Five Boroughs integrated, and Northumbria brought under the English crown. The unified kingdom that emerged in 954 was the foundation of modern England.
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