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> Angles (French) and Saxons (Germans) The Angles are not French nor were the Saxons Germans but both were Germanic, specifically Nordic, coming from what is n
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> Angles (French) and Saxons (Germans)
The Angles are not French nor were the Saxons Germans but both were Germanic, specifically Nordic, coming from what is now Denmark.
There were "French" who ruled Britain called the Normans, from Normandy, which was also settled by Scandinavians and mixed with Franks (Germanics) and Gallo-Roman (post-Romans) (explaining why they spoke French.)