Saxons

confederation of Germanic tribes on the North German Plain
Organization historical_ethnic_group Q101985
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Saxons

Summary

Saxons is a historical ethnic group[1]. Saxons ranks in the top 3% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saxons's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[3].
  • Saxons's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4].
  • Saxons's instance of is recorded as tribe[5].
  • The location of Saxons was Holstein[6].
  • Saxons is a type of Q135299875[7].
  • Saxons is a type of Germanic people[8].
  • Saxons's Commons category is recorded as Saxons[9].
  • Saxons's said to be the same as is recorded as Saxons[10].
  • Saxons began on 500[11].
  • Saxons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Saxons[12].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres[18].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Norsk Haandlexikon[21].
  • Saxons's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[22].
  • Saxons's different from is recorded as Saxony[23].
  • Saxons's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Saxons include Germany[25], a sovereign state[26], in Germany[27], founded in 1949[28]; Saxony[29], a federated state of Germany[30], in Germany[31], founded in 1990[32]; Lower Saxony[33], a federated state of Germany[34], in Germany[35], founded in 1946[36]; Anglo-Saxons[37], a historical ethnic group[38]; Kingdom of Saxony[39], a historical country[40], in German Reich[41], founded in 1806[42]; Saxon Wars[43], a war[44], in Francia[45]; Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae[46], a capitulary[47]; and Lex Saxonum[48], a statute[49].

Why It Matters

Saxons ranks in the top 3% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,304 views/month).[2] Saxons has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Saxons is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for Saxons include Germany[25], a sovereign state[26], in Germany[27], founded in 1949[28]; Saxony[29], a federated state of Germany[30], in Germany[31], founded in 1990[32]; Lower Saxony[33], a federated state of Germany[34], in Germany[35], founded in 1946[36]; Anglo-Saxons[37], a historical ethnic group[38]; Kingdom of Saxony[39], a historical country[40], in German Reich[41], founded in 1806[42]; and Saxon Wars[43], a war[44], in Francia[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  14. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford reference overview id → 20110803100443835
    Location → Holstein
    Start time → +0500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P276]]: [[Q111224]]"
  2. 16d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Trismegistos geo id → 43449
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1958]]: 43449, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/4235821|Saxones (#4235821)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/76|Trismegistos geo]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 18d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
  4. 23d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM480905
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM480905, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  5. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → UMD
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296056, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5728
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5728, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287742|Saxons (#107287742)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0358679-Sasove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0358679-Sasove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  8. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Locator map image → Anglo-Saxon Homelands and Settlements.svg
    Distribution map → Anglo-Saxon Homelands and Settlements.svg
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558347805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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