n 825, Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf to invade the Mercian sub-kingdom of ​Kent​, and its sub-king,

Baldred​, was driven out shortly afterwards. By 830, ​Essex​, ​Surrey​ and ​Sussex​ had also submitted to
Ecgberht, and he had appointed Æthelwulf to rule the south-eastern territories as King of Kent.​[8]
The Vikings ravaged the ​Isle of Sheppey​ in 835, and the following

Its between 2 3 or four you know you can’t really expect it to be or not its not that

year they defeated Ecgberht at ​Carhampton​ in ​Somerset​,[9]​

​ but in 838 he was victorious over an
alliance of ​Cornishmen​ and Vikings at the ​Battle of Hingston Down​, red

Can you do that ok ucing Cornwall to the status of a ​client kingdom​.[10]​

​ When Æthelwulf succeeded,
he appointed his eldest son ​Æthelstan​ (who died in the early 850s) as sub-king of Kent.​[11]​ Ecgberht
and Æthelwulf may not have intended a permanent union between Wessex andok ok ok Kent as
they both appointed sons as sub-kings and charters in Wessex were attested (witnessed) by West
Saxon magnates, while Kentish charters were witnessed by the Kentish elite; both kings kept overall
control and the sub-kings were not allowed to issue their own coinage.​[12]