Saxons

E132138

Germanic people ethnic group

The Saxons were a confederation of early Germanic tribes from what is now northern Germany and the Netherlands, known for their migrations to and settlement of parts of Britain during the early Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Saxons canonical	29
Anglo-Saxons	11
Saxon	7
West Saxons	4
East Saxons	2
Hwicce	2
South Saxons	2
Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria	1
Old Saxons	1
Saxon people	1
Saxon peoples in Britain	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain Heptarchy ⓘ Kingdom of Essex ⓘ Kingdom of Kent ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Kent (partly Saxon) Kingdom of Sussex ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
conflictedWith	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Franks ⓘ
culturalPractice	ship-based warfare ⓘ warrior aristocracy ⓘ
descendantsInclude	Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxons English people (partly) ⓘ modern Low Saxons ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Germanic peoples ⓘ surface form: Germanic tribes
formedConfederationOf	early Germanic tribes ⓘ
gaveNameTo	Essex ⓘ Middlesex, England ⓘ surface form: Middlesex Saxony ⓘ Sussex ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
historicalSource	Frankish annals ⓘ surface form: Annales Regni Francorum Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ surface form: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ
legalCode	Lex Saxonum ⓘ
legalTradition	Saxon law ⓘ
locatedInThePast	continental Europe ⓘ
migratedTo	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain England ⓘ
militaryActivity	raiding along the North Sea coast ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly derived from the word for seax (short sword) ⓘ
notableEvent	Saxon Wars ⓘ
originatedIn	Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: northern Germany Netherlands ⓘ surface form: the Netherlands
partOf	West Germanic peoples ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Angles ⓘ Frisians ⓘ Jutes ⓘ
religion	Germanic paganism ⓘ
spokeLanguage	Old Saxon ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
subgroup	Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxons Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Saxons Transalpine Saxons ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ Early Middle Ages ⓘ surface form: Migration Period
usedWeapon	seax ⓘ
wereChristianizedBy	Franks ⓘ
wereConqueredBy	Charlemagne ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Saxon → spokenBy → Saxons ⓘ

House of Wessex → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

English American → hasAncestryFrom → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Picts (early period) → neighbour → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria

Britannia (Roman province) → invadedBy → Saxons ⓘ

Watling Street → laterUsedBy → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Ottonian dynasty → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Kingdom of Wessex → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Saxons

Saint Chad → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Saxon Sydney-Turner → givenName → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon

Augustine of Canterbury → missionTarget → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Middle Saxons → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Middle Saxons → neighbouringPeople → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Saxons

Middle Saxons → neighbouringPeople → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Saxons

Middle Saxons → partOf → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon peoples in Britain

Anglo-Saxon England → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Christianization of Saxony → mainSubject → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon people

Christianization of Saxony → ethnicGroupInvolved → Saxons ⓘ

Saxon Wars → belligerent → Saxons ⓘ

Principality of Transylvania → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Ealhswith → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Duchy of Saxony → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Otto the Illustrious → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon

Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

subject surface form: Edmund the Martyr

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Osburh → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Æthelberht of Wessex → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Saxons

Saxons → descendantsInclude → Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Saxons → subgroup → Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Saxons

Saxons → subgroup → Saxons self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Battle of Ashdown → combatant → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons

Bosel → regionOfActivity → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hwicce

King of Wessex → usedByEthnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Saxons

West Germanic peoples → hasSubgroup → Saxons ⓘ

Jutes → associatedWith → Saxons ⓘ

Jutes → relatedTo → Saxons ⓘ

Angles → closelyRelatedTo → Saxons ⓘ

Wulfhere of Mercia → ruledTerritory → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hwicce

Great Migration → involved → Saxons ⓘ

Wagria → colonizedBy → Saxons ⓘ

Henry the Fowler → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Kolozsvár → hasHeritage → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon

English people → ancestralGroups → Saxons ⓘ

Bruno, Duke of Saxony → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Germanic Europe → includesPeople → Saxons ⓘ

Capitulary for Saxony → appliesToPeople → Saxons ⓘ

Cerdic of Wessex → ethnicOrigin → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saxon

Battle of Deorham → belligerent → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Saxons

German stem duchies → ethnicallyBasedOn → Saxons ⓘ

Kingdom of Kent → hasEthnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

Kingdom of Sussex → ethnicGroup → Saxons ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Saxons