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Why is the translation 'King of the English' not 'King of England'?

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As far as I know 'King of England' is the correct translation of Regem Anglie; 'King of the English' would be Rex Anglorum. I was going to change it but I see the Marius source uses 'King of the English'. Anyone have any idea why? I wonder if it's because it was in German originally and the equivalent of 'King of the English' was used there. I haven't been able to find the German original though. The official change from 'King of the English' to 'King of England' seems to have occurred hundreds of years before Luther. Mascarene (talk) 21:42, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]