Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
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Ruled Wessex from 839–858 and inherited a kingdom his father had just carved out of Mercian dominance. First West Saxon king in nearly two centuries to succeed his father directly, keeping the peace with Mercia that Ecgberht had secured.
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Æthelwulf was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian sub-king and was himself appointed sub-king. After 830, Ecgberht maintained good relations with Mercia, and this was continued by Æthelwulf when he became king in 839, the first son to succeed his father as West Saxon king since 641.
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