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1. A '''Saxon''' was a member of a Germanic tribe living on the North Sea coastline of [[Germany]] which in the 5th and 6th centuries AD migrated to what later became southern [[England]]. They are often also known as 'Anglo-Saxons', as the migration involved three peoples: the [[Angle]]s, who originated in [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in Germany/[[Denmark]], and who settled in what is now northern England and southern [[Scotland]]; the Saxons; and the [[Jute]]s, from [[Jutland]] in modern Denmark, who settled on the south coast of Britain, principally on the [[Isle of Wight]].

1. A '''Saxon''' was a member of a Germanic tribe living on the North Sea coastline of [[Germany]] which in the 5th and 6th centuries AD migrated to what later became southern [[England]]. They are often also known as 'Anglo-Saxons', as the migration involved three peoples: the [[Angle]]s, who originated in [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in Germany/[[Denmark]], and who settled in what is now northern England and southern [[Scotland]]; the Saxons; and the [[Jute]]s, from [[Jutland]] in modern Denmark, who settled on the south coast of Britain, principally on the [[Isle of Wight]].

2. A '''Saxon''' is a modern day German from the [[Saxony]] region (''Sachsen'').

2. A '''Saxon''' is a modern-day German from the [[Saxony]] region (''Sachsen'').

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