Saxons
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- | The '''Saxons''' were a [[confederation]] of [[Germanic peoples|Old Germanic tribes]]. Their modern-day descendants in [[Lower Saxony]] and [[Westphalia]] and other German states are considered ethnic [[Germans]] (the State of Sachsen is not inhabited by ethnic Saxons; the state of Sachsen-Anhalt only in its northwestern parts); those in the eastern [[Netherlands]] are considered to be ethnic [[Dutch people|Dutch]]; those in north eastern [[Belgium]] are considered to be ethnic [[Flemish people|Flemish]]; those in northern [[France]] are considered to be ethnic [[French people|French]]; and those in [[Southern England]] ethnic [[England|English]] (see [[Anglo-Saxons]]). Their earliest known area of settlement is [[Northern Albingia]], an area approximately that of modern [[Holstein]]. | + | |
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