Aethelwulf of Wessex Timeline

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