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  1. Angles (tribe) - Wikipedia

    They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England. Their name, which probably derives from the Angeln peninsula, is the root of the names England ("Engla land", "Land of the …

  2. Angle | Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Migration | Britannica

    Angle, member of a Germanic people, which, together with the Jutes, Saxons, and probably the Frisians, invaded the island of Britain in the 5th century ce. The Angles gave their name to England, …

  3. Angles (tribe) - Wikiwand

    The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-...

  4. The Germanic Invaders of England – 2. The Angles

    The Angles were a Germanic tribe originating from the Angeln peninsula in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Along with their close relatives, the Saxons and Jutes, the Angles were part of …

  5. Kingdoms of Northern Europe - Angeln (Angles) - The History Files

    Noted for their custom of twisting their hair and binding it up in a knot, 'the seven tribes of Jutland and Holstein': the Angles, Aviones, Eudoses, Nuitones, Reudigni, Suardones, and Warini, form a part of …

  6. BBC - Scotland's History - The Kingdom of the Angles

    The Angles were Germanic invaders who came from the Danish-German border and conquered most of Roman Britannia, giving the country its later name, England (Angle land), and dividing it up into...

  7. Angles (tribe) explained

    What is the Angles (tribe)? The Angles is the root of the name England, as well as ultimately the word English for its people and language.

  8. Angles (tribe) - Detailed Pedia

    The Angles (Old English: Engle, Latin: Anglii) were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo …

  9. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes - Encyclopedia.com

    From the coastal region of northern Germany, now Lower Saxony, came the East Saxons, South Saxons, and West Saxons. The East Angles, Middle Angles, Mercians, Northumbrians, and other …

  10. ancient civilizations -- the Germanic tribes Anglii Angles

    Angles is the root of Norman words Angleterre (Angleland or England) and Anglais (English). The Angles played an important role in forming the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medeval Briton.