Name the King of Wessex from 839 to 858 whose father, King Egbert, defeated Beornwulf of Mercia and who himself led the Battle of Aclea between the West Saxons and the Danish Vikings?
Æthelwulf Æthelwulf (Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Egbert, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Egbert sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian sub-king and was himself appointed sub-king. After 830, Egbert 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.
Battle of Stamford (918) The Second Battle of Stamford occurred when King Edward assaulted Stamford in late May 918. It soon fell to the army of Wessex. Later that year, Edward built a second burh on the south side of the River Welland. The ramparts of the northern burh may have been approximately 3100 ft ("c." 750 hides) from Roffe, and the Edwardian burh around 2700 ft ("c." 650 hides).