What is Middle Angles?
[[File:Kingdom of Mercia.png|thumb|300px|right|{{center|Middle Angles in Mercia}}]] The '''Middle Angles''' were an important [[ethnic group]] in the kingdom of [[Mercia]] during the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] period. It is probable that [[Angles]] moved into the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] from [[East Anglia]] early in the [[6th century]]. The area they occupied is now centred around modern [[Leicestershire]] and [[Northamptonshire]].<ref name=Yorke107>Barbara Yorke, ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'' (London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1990), p. 107</ref> They were in place before the reign of [[Penda of Mercia|Penda]] (c.626-655). He made his eldest son, [[Peada of Mercia|Peada]], King of the Middle Angles in 653.<ref>Mike Ashley, ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens'' (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 252</ref> For some time they kept their own identity in Mercia. The Middle Angles had their own [[bishop]] based in [[Leicester]].<ref name=Yorke107/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/EnglandMiddleAngles.htm The Middle Angles, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, ''The History Files''] [[Category:Anglo-Saxons]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom]]