Saxons

Summary

Saxons is a historical ethnic group^[1]. Saxons ranks in the top 3% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,382 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].
• Saxons is a type of Q135299875^[6].
• Saxons is a type of Germanic people^[7].
• Saxons's Commons category is recorded as Saxons^[8].
• Saxons's said to be the same as is recorded as Saxons^[9].
• Saxons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Saxons^[10].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[14].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres^[16].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[18].
• Saxons's described by source is recorded as Norsk Haandlexikon^[19].
• Saxons's different from is recorded as Saxony^[20].
• Saxons's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Saxons include Germany^[22], a sovereign state^[23], in Germany^[24], founded in 1949^[25]; Anglo-Saxons^[26], an ethnic group^[27]; Lower Saxony^[28], a federated state of Germany^[29], in Germany^[30], founded in 1946^[31]; Saxony^[32], a federated state of Germany^[33], in Germany^[34], founded in 1990^[35]; Kingdom of Saxony^[36], a historical country^[37], in German Reich^[38], founded in 1806^[39]; Saxon Wars^[40], a war^[41], in Francia^[42]; Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae^[43], a capitulary^[44]; and Lex Saxonum^[45], a statute^[46].

Why It Matters

Saxons ranks in the top 3% of historical_ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,382 views/month).^[2] Saxons has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] Saxons is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for Saxons include Germany^[22], a sovereign state^[23], in Germany^[24], founded in 1949^[25]; Anglo-Saxons^[26], an ethnic group^[27]; Lower Saxony^[28], a federated state of Germany^[29], in Germany^[30], founded in 1946^[31]; Saxony^[32], a federated state of Germany^[33], in Germany^[34], founded in 1990^[35]; Kingdom of Saxony^[36], a historical country^[37], in German Reich^[38], founded in 1806^[39]; and Saxon Wars^[40], a war^[41], in Francia^[42].