Kingdom of the Anglecynn

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“And so the English groaned aloud for their lost liberty and plotted ceaselessly to find some way of shaking off a yoke that was so intolerable and unaccustomed. Some sent to Sveinn, king of Denmark, and urged him to lay claim to the kingdom of England. Others went into voluntary exile so that they might either find in banishment freedom from the power of the Normans or secure foreign help and come back and fight a war of vengeance. Some of them who were still in the flower of their youth travelled into remote lands and bravely offered their arms to Garcia, King of Galiza, a man of great wisdom and nobility.”
- Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis


William the Conqueror's victory over Harold Godwinson at the battle of Hastings might have sounded the death knell for a free Angelcynn Kingdom, were it not for a good amount of luck and a the actions of Edgar the Aethling. Crowned king by the Witengamot in 1066, he led an Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Danish resistance, including the failed rebellion of the two earls, until his capture in 1069, when it became clear that Sven of Denmark would not help against the Normans.

He approached William, offering him peace in his lands forever more from the Angelcynn, if only he might take those who wished to Miklegarth, where strong men always found service in the court of the Emperor. The New King, wishing to be rid of the troublesome elements agreed, and Edgar gathered a great host, with three earls and eight barons in three hundred and fifty ships. This became known to poets and singers alike as the Bewreacen.

It is said that Edgar truly meant to sail with his host to Miklegarth, though likely to beseech the Emperor for support to reclaim the throne meant for him. However, his fleet stopped in Crunia, in the Kingdom of Galiza, where Garcia Jimenez, who was struggling against the hated mores saw an opportunity. He promised to Edgar and his men the lands they took from the heathen, and Edgar, finally given the opportunity to hold the crown he believed himself destined for, took the offer.

After a series of battles, the Angelcynn Host had taken much land from the Moors, and their kings sought to bend the knee and payed much weregild and promised to never again take up arms against good Christians. These lands formed the core of the domain that was promised to Edgar, and from the city of Londonburgh, he ruled wisely. The Angelcynn went forth, naming the cities of their new lands after those in lost England as they were won't, and forged a brave new kingdom in the light of God. King William and his descendants, seeing an opportunity to get rid of a troublesome population, seized the lands of many rebellious nobles and sent them in exile to the Kingdom of Anglecynn, where they mixed with the locals, taking many of their women for wives and teaching them the languages of good God-Fearing Anglo-Saxons.

When Edgar "the Conquerer” Aethling died in 1129, the Witengamot appointed his son Edmund king after him, and after that, his Grandson Aelfwine.





I created this for a MOTF in Maps and Graphics, but the idea really intrigued me, specifically the Linguistic aspect, but also historically. So, yeah, what are your predictions for this, moving forward. The basic premise takes this for inspiration.
 
So ttl Portugal will be speaking a English-influenced Iberian language (like french sort of)? Hopefully this land can grow to extend to all of otl galica-portugal.

Londonburgh is not actually at otl Lisbon, you may want to fix that.
 
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So ttl Portugal will be speaking a English-influenced Iberian language (like french sort of)? Hopefully this land can grow to extend to all of otl galica-portugal.

Londonburgh is not actually at otl Lisbon, you may want to fix that.

Very interesting premise indeed. One of these days I thought about sketching a timeline with a similar point, but rather using Breton (as in, from Brittany) refugees that escape a French invasion and sail to the Iberian Peninsula right before the Crusades.

BTW, we don't know yet if he intends to use OTL Lisbon as a capital, but @swag is correct, the city should be on the other side of the Tejo river, a little bit to the northwest.

Also, I liked that "Porto" became "Portsmouth" :D, and I'm fascinated by the overall aspect of the map. Really well done, and it's a nice introduction to your TL.
 
Very interesting premise indeed. One of these days I thought about sketching a timeline with a similar point, but rather using Breton (as in, from Brittany) refugees that escape a French invasion and sail to the Iberian Peninsula right before the Crusades.

BTW, we don't know yet if he intends to use OTL Lisbon as a capital, but @swag is correct, the city should be on the other side of the Tejo river, a little bit to the northwest.

Also, I liked that "Porto" became "Portsmouth" :D, and I'm fascinated by the overall aspect of the map. Really well done, and it's a nice introduction to your TL.

Thanks!

Yeah, I had intended for Londonburg to specifically NOT be Lisbon, simply as it'd be easier, in a way, for the Anglecynn, I think, to build a town/castle, but, in retrospect, that makes 0 sense.

I also don't really know where to take it from here, and suggestions?
 
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