Northumbrians and Mercians

[Ubermomo]

Hey guys, so what i want to know is who are the Northumbrians and Mercians? I know the Kingdom of Wessex are majority Saxons and the Kingdom of East Anglia are mainly Angles, but who are the Northumbrians and Mercians are they a mixture of Saxons, Angles and native Britains or mainly Angles etc etc etc

Thanks

[Celtichugs123]

Northumbira was a Kingdom of Angles. Mercia, I believe, is a mix of Angle and Saxon - Angle north Saxon South. Even, then there was a strong North-South devide in England, not helped ofcourse by the coming of the Danes and the Danelaw. A devide still found today!

And both these Kingdoms, much more so Mercia, have some Brythonic populations. The Britons and Romano-British fled Eastward to central Wales when the Germanic peoples began to arrive. Though, the largest British population at this time within modern England, is Cornwall area - where even today a strong Celtic identity still remains (it is one of the 6 Celtic countries for example.)

[Ubermomo]

It amazes me how independent yet marginalised the Cornish were throughout history