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825The Battle of Ellandun; Aethelwulf participates under his father King Egbert of Wessex; Mercia is defeated.
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c. 826 - 839Aethelwulf serves as sub-king of Kent, Essex, Sussex, and Surrey under Egbert of Wessex.
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839 - 858Reign of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex.
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843Aethelwulf is defeated by Viking armies at Carmouth.
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844 - 855Aethelwulf issues his Decimation Charters.
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851Aethelwulf defeats Viking invasion of Wessex.
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c. 854Aethelwulf goes on pilgrimage to Rome with young Alfred the Great.
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c. 856Alfred marries Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald of the Kingdom of West Francia.
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858Aethelwulf dies; Kingdom is divided between his sons Aethelbald and Aethelberht.