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    • The Duchy of Saxony (Low German: Hartogdom Sassen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 AD and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804. Upon the 843 Treaty of Verdun, Saxony was one of the five German stem duchies of Eas… See more

    Geography

    The Saxon stem duchy covered the greater part of present-day Northern Germany, including the modern German states
    The … See more

    History

    According to the Res gestae saxonicae by tenth century chronicler Widukind of Corvey, the Saxons had arrived from Britannia at the coast of Land Hadeln in the Elbe-Weser Triangle, called by the Merovingian rulers of Francia to … See more

    StatusStem duchy · of the Carolingian Empire (843–911) · of East Francia (911–962) · State of the Holy Roman Empire (from 962)
    CapitalNone (ducal) · Allstedt (seat of the Palatinate)
    Official languagesLatin
    Common languagesOld Saxon · Middle Low German
    Notes

    1. ^ The horse as a heraldic charge associated with Saxony first appears in the late 14th century as an "old Saxon" motif. The horse motif was adopted by the House of Welf in 1361 and also been used in several pro… See more

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