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Saxons

Confederation of Germanic tribes on the North German Plain

Entityhistorical ethnic group ethnic group tribeQ101985

Instance of: historical ethnic group
, ethnic group
, tribe
Subclass of: Q135299875
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2025-07-13
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, Germanic people
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2025-07-13
2.Stated in Library of Congress AuthoritiesRetrieved 2025-07-13
3.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-07-13
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The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like them, speakers of West Germanic dialects, including both the Franks and Thuringians to the south, and the coastal Frisians, Angles and Danes to the north who were among the peoples who were originally referred to as "Saxons" in the context of early raiding and settlements in Roman Britain and Gaul. To their east were Obotrites and other Slavic-speaking peoples.

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Different from: Saxony criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Sachsen
Said to be the same as: Saxons
Location: Holstein
Started: 5th century

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