The Norse, the Scots and the Welsh by the end of Edward's reign have acknowledged him as "father and lord".
This recognition of Edward's overlordship in Scotland will lead to his successors' claims of suzerainty over that Kingdom.
The Viking king Sihtric rules the Kingdom of York in southern Northumbria, but Ealdred maintains Anglo-Saxon rule in at least part of the former kingdom of Bernicia from his base in Bamburgh in northern Northumbria.
King Constantine rules Scotland, apart from the southwest, which is the British Kingdom of Strathclyde.
Wales is divided into a number of small kingdoms, including Deheubarth in the southwest, Gwent in the southeast, Brycheiniog immediately north of Gwent, and Gwynedd in the north.
Edward has reorganized the Church in Wessex, creating new bishoprics at Ramsbury and Sonning, Wells and Crediton.
Despite this, there is little indication that Edward was particularly religious.
In fact, the Pope had delivered a reprimand to him to pay more attention to his religious responsibilities.
Having unified most of England south of the Humber River and largely restored the Danelaw to English rule (although Danish laws and customs persist there), Edward dies on July 17, 924, at Farndon-Upon-Dee leading an army against a Welsh-Mercian rebellion.
