Saxons
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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.
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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1157221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Saxons Context triple: [Old Saxon, spokenBy, Saxons]
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A.
Middle Saxons
The Middle Saxons were an early medieval Anglo-Saxon people who inhabited the region around what is now London, later known as Middlesex.
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B.
Sicels
The Sicels were an ancient Italic people who inhabited eastern Sicily before and during the early Greek colonization of the island.
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C.
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic people who played a major role in the decline of the Western Roman Empire and later formed powerful successor kingdoms in parts of Europe.
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D.
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes that rose to prominence in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, eventually forming the core of the Frankish Empire and laying foundations for modern France and Germany.
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E.
Lachians
Lachians are a West Slavic ethnographic group traditionally inhabiting the Cieszyn Silesia region, known for their distinct dialect and folk culture within the broader Polish cultural sphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Saxons Target entity description: 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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A.
Middle Saxons
The Middle Saxons were an early medieval Anglo-Saxon people who inhabited the region around what is now London, later known as Middlesex.
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B.
Sicels
The Sicels were an ancient Italic people who inhabited eastern Sicily before and during the early Greek colonization of the island.
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C.
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic people who played a major role in the decline of the Western Roman Empire and later formed powerful successor kingdoms in parts of Europe.
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D.
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes that rose to prominence in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, eventually forming the core of the Frankish Empire and laying foundations for modern France and Germany.
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E.
Lachians
Lachians are a West Slavic ethnographic group traditionally inhabiting the Cieszyn Silesia region, known for their distinct dialect and folk culture within the broader Polish cultural sphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Saxons Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (61)
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