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{{Short description|European historical region}}
{{for|the sunken atoll in India|Angria Bank}}
{{for|the admiral in the Maratha Navy|Kanhoji Angre}}
{{distinguish|Anglia (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Herzogtum Sachsen 1000.PNG|thumb|Duchy of Saxony, about 1000]]

'''Angria''' or '''Angaria''' ({{langx|de|Engern}}, {{audio|De-Engern.ogg|German pronunciation}}) is a historical region in the present-day [[Germany|German]] states of [[Lower Saxony]] and [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].<ref name="x040">{{cite book | last=Freeman | first=Edward Augustus | title=The Historical Geography of Europe | publisher=BoD – Books on Demand | date=2024-04-30 | isbn=978-3-385-44207-8 | page=207}}</ref> The chronicler [[Widukind of Corvey]] in his ''[[Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres]]'' denoted it as the central region of the medieval [[Duchy of Saxony]] lying along the middle reaches of the [[Weser]] river between [[Westphalia]] and [[Eastphalia]]. Its name was derived from the Germanic [[Angrivarii]] tribe which had joined the [[Saxons|Saxon]] tribal confederation, and it was centered on the town of [[Minden]], see of a [[Bishopric of Minden|bishopric]] since 803.

The [[Angrivarii]] lands were conquered by [[Charlemagne]] during the [[Saxon Wars]]; according to the ''[[Royal Frankish Annals]]'', the Angrian commanders concluded a separate peace agreement with the [[Carolingian Empire]] near [[Bückeburg]] in 775.

In 1180, the Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] deposed the duke of Saxony, [[Henry the Lion]], and divided the duchy into two parts through the so-called [[Gelnhausen Charter]]. The [[Duchy of Westphalia]] was granted to the [[Electorate of Cologne|Archbishopric of Cologne]], while Angria was given to [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard of Anhalt]], who used the Saxon ducal title. The name Angria thereafter became obsolete. In the 13th century, the central area on the Weser became the nucleus of the [[County of Hoya]], which in 1582 was inherited by the House of [[Brunswick-Lüneburg]].

==See also==
*[[Enger]]

==References==
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