English people
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of early medieval origin when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD.
The English primarily descend from two main historical population groups – the West Germanic tribes who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians), and the partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there. Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become the Kingdom of England by the early 10th century in response to the invasion and minor settlement of Danes that began in the late 9th century. This was followed by the Norman Conquest and limited settlement of Anglo-Normans in England in the later 11th century. Some definitions of English people include, while others exclude people descended from later migration into England.
England is the largest and most populous country in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England and Scotland merged to become the Kingdom of Great Britain.[20] Over the years, English customs and identity have become fairly closely aligned with British customs and identity in general. The majority of people living in England are British citizens.
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