Why is was England named after the Angles rather than the Saxons? The kingdom that united England, Wessex, was notably a kingdom created by Saxons, so why were the Angles used as the namesake for England?

by BigMacMoNo

Just noticed that I typed both “is” and “was” at the beginning of the first sentence. I meant to just put “is!”

Hodorgasm

While new answers are always welcome here, it is worth noting that this question has popped up before, see e.g.

BRIStoneman

Hi, in relation to my answer linked by /u/Hodorgasm, I also wrote this answer which is potentially a little more in-depth.

water_mizu

I also would like to ask, the show The Last Kingdom how accurate is it?

FalseFlagOperation

And what about the Jutes?