id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6626 History of Scotland - Wikipedia .html text/html 30920 3235 69 In the late 6th century the dominant force was the Kingdom of Fortriu, whose lands were centred on Strathearn and Menteith and who raided along the eastern coast into modern England.[42] In the west were the Gaelic (Goidelic)-speaking people of Dál Riata with their royal fortress at Dunadd in Argyll, with close links with the island of Ireland, from whom comes the name Scots.[42] In the south was the British (Brythonic) Kingdom of Strathclyde, descendants of the peoples of the Roman influenced kingdoms of "Hen Ogledd" (Old north), often named Alt Clut, the Brythonic name for their capital at Dumbarton Rock.[43] Finally, there were the English or "Angles", Germanic invaders who had overrun much of southern Britain and held the Kingdom of Bernicia, in the south-east.[44] The first English king in the historical record is Ida, who is said to have obtained the throne and the kingdom about 547.[45] Ida's grandson, Æthelfrith, united his kingdom with Deira to the south to form Northumbria around the year 604. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6626.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6626.txt