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At what point in History did England begin to be called "England"?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Originally, England (or Angleland) was a geographical term to describe the territory of Britain which was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons, rather than a name of an individual nation state.
The Kingdom of England was not founded until the separate petty kingdoms were unified under Alfred the Great King of Wessex, who later proclaimed himself King of the English after liberating London from the Danes in 886.
in other words, in 886
Source(s): wikipedia.com - HobilarLv 51 decade ago
Alfred the Great was only King of Wessex.
The actual year was 926 a.d. when King Athelstan, King of Wessex and Mercia, was acknowledged as 'The King of all the English'.
Source(s): The Wordsworth Dictionary of British History
