Populate Germanic the localized North Sea at the first centuries of the Christian era in the southernmost part of the peninsula of the Jutland to the Denmark, to which they gave their name.

Starting from the middle of the 5th century, some of them enlist like mercenaries with the service of the Breton chiefs of (Large) Brittany. They settle especially in the Kent, where according to the tradition, their chiefs the brothers Hengist and Horsa, initially with the service of the Breton king Vortigern, revolt and found a kingdom also including the island of Wight, populated Jutes. Their capital is current the Canterbury. They are touched by Christianity as of the end of the 6th century with conversion into 597 of their king Ethelbert (death in 617).

The Jutes remained in Jutland merge then with the Danes, in the mobility of Viking S.

The Jutes of Kent are rather quickly absorbed by their Saxon neighbors and clippings, probably more, and they cease training people distinct after the middle from the 7th century.

Simple: Jutes

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