Middle Saxons

Kingdom of the Middle Saxons
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The Kingdom of Essex.
Capital		London
Languages		Old English, Latin
Religion		Paganism, Christianity
Government		Monarchy
Legislature		Witenagemot
Historical era		Heptarchy
•	Established	Enter start year
•	Disestablished	Enter end year

Middle Saxons (yellow) shown within Mercia

The Middle Saxons or Middel Seaxe were a people whose territory later became, with somewhat contracted boundaries, the county of Middlesex, England. It included the early London settlement, and probably Surrey, the "south region" of the Middle Saxon territory.

The name reflects the situation of these people being in the middle between the West Saxons and the East Saxons. Unlike these neighbours, the Middle Saxons did not manage to create a lasting kingdom of their own. Rather, the area became part of the Kingdom of Essex,^[1] but was ceded to Mercia in the 9th century (825).^[2]

References

1. Keightley, A., The History of England, (1840)
2. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/EnglandMiddlesex.htm The History Files - Middel Seaxe (Middle Saxons / Middlesex)