Following Ecgberht's victory at Ellandun, the Kentishmen expelled their Mercian-backed king Baldred and submitted to Ecgberht's son Aethelwulf. This rapid chain reaction — Ellandun leading to Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex all switching sides — shows how the political system of client kingdoms operated: a single decisive battle could cause a cascade of submissions across multiple dependent kingdoms.
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