Basically as the tin says, what if more Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians, et al, had migrated into the British Isles prompting a conquest of the Scottish Lowlands and Ireland? I think the Highlands and Wales might be too mountainous but if those are possible conquests as well, we can discuss what even more Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the Isles will do for British history
WI: Great Anglo-Saxon Migration to the British Isles, AngloSaxons conquer Ireland, Scottish Lowlands
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Northumbria at its greatest extent included what is now Edinburgh as its north most settlement so Lowland Scotland is practical , Wales the Marches and coastal areas can be taken just as happened in Medieval times. The central Massif would be harder but its not that populated and similar to OTL can be reduced over time. Early Saxons are better sailors than the later ones so the Scottish islands and Highland coast are up for grabs. Again whats left is harder to occupy but like in Wales it has relatively low population and without access to the coast can be reduced over time.
Ireland is harder without cavalry but as the Irish will be lighter equipped doable. So you can see the whole British Isles going Saxon controlled over a period. Going on OTL this will start as a large number of kingdoms but gradually consolidate, say to 8 before the Danes turn up. Assuming the Danes are driven back then the effort probably caused a consolidation to a single realm but one with stability issues. However once the idea of a single Saxon realm has taken route, the claimants will be after taking the whole not permanently splitting it apart.
Ireland is harder without cavalry but as the Irish will be lighter equipped doable. So you can see the whole British Isles going Saxon controlled over a period. Going on OTL this will start as a large number of kingdoms but gradually consolidate, say to 8 before the Danes turn up. Assuming the Danes are driven back then the effort probably caused a consolidation to a single realm but one with stability issues. However once the idea of a single Saxon realm has taken route, the claimants will be after taking the whole not permanently splitting it apart.
They did take the Lowlands in our timeline. That's why Scots is a Germanic language.
Not all of the Lowlands were settled by the Anglo-Saxons
Most of it was. The speakers of Inglis went far beyond Northumbria's borders.
And where is Wicce, the map is only valid for a certain date and Cantia shall rise again.
I thought Scot was a irish launguage hence the Scot tribe in ireland
The Scottish get their name from an Irish tribe, but Scots is a Germanic language/English variant. Gaelic is the Celtic language in Scotland.
If you want it more precisely Scots is a contraction of Scottis which means Scottish. It used to be called Inglis which meant English i.e. language of the Angles.
The reason it changed was because they were in/of Scotland not England.