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Saxons
(Encyclopedia)Saxons, Germanic people, first mentioned in the 2d cent. by Ptolemy as inhabiting the southern part of the Cimbric Peninsula (S Jutland). Holding the area at the mouth of the Elbe River and some of th...Anglo-Saxons
(Encyclopedia)Anglo-Saxons, name given to the Germanic-speaking peoples who settled in England after the decline of Roman rule there. They were first invited by the Celtic King Vortigern, who needed help fighting t...Widukind, Saxon leader
(Encyclopedia)Widukind wÄtˈə– [key], d. 807?, leader of the Saxons against the Frankish king Charlemagne (later emperor of the West). In 782, when Charlemagne organized Saxony as a Frankish province and ordere...Sussex, kingdom of
(Encyclopedia)Sussex, kingdom of, one of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy (seven kingdoms) in England, located S of the Weald. It was settled in the late 5th cent. (according to tradition in 477) by Saxons under Ælle, wh...Angles
(Encyclopedia)Angles: see Anglo-Saxons.Jutes
(Encyclopedia)Jutes: see Anglo-Saxons.Cadwaladr
(Encyclopedia)Cadwaladr or Cadwallader both: kădwälˈədər [key], d. 664?, semilegendary Welsh king, leader of the Celtic resistance against the Anglo-Saxons. Later bards made him a national hero, and Welsh trad...Wittekind, Saxon historian
(Encyclopedia)Wittekind, Widukind, or Wettekind wÄˈtÉ™kÉ™nd, wÄˈdoÍžokÄnd, wĕˈtə– [key], c.925–c.1004, Saxon historian, a monk, frequently called Wittekind of Corvey. He wrote the Res gestae Saxonicae,...Essex, Anglo-Saxon kingdom
(Encyclopedia)Essex, one of the early kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. It was settled probably in the early 6th cent. by Saxons who traced their royal line back to a continental Saxon god instead of to Woden, as di...Sussex
(Encyclopedia)Sussex, former county, SE England, since 1888 divided for administrative purposes into East Sussex and West Sussex. Lewes is the county seat of East Sussex; Chichester of West Sussex. The South Downsâ...Browse by Subject
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