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    The Saxon Steed (German: Sachsenross, Niedersachsenross, Welfenross, Westfalenpferd; Dutch: Twentse Ros, Saksische ros, Saksische paard; Low German: Witte...
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    1958 to house an auditorium and a lecture hall. A bronze statue of a Saxon Steed (Sachsenross) created in 1866 is situated in front of the palace. It...
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    symbol of Westphalia is the Westphalian Steed: a white horse on a red field. It is derived from the Saxon Steed in the coat of arms of the medieval Duchy...
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    Lunenburg) in 1235. This duchy continued to use the old Saxon coat-of-arms showing the Saxon Steed in argent on gules, while the Ascanians adopted for the...
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    claim to the territory of Lüneburg. The white steed was said to be the emblem of the eighth century Saxon duke Widukind, who according to legend rode a...
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    The coat of arms of Lower Saxony shows a white Saxon Steed (Sachsenross) on a red background. It appears on the flag of Lower Saxony. According to German...
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    horse. Historian James Lloyd equates the White Horse of Kent with the Saxon Steed, a continental emblem, though suggesting the two symbols derive from...
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    former Kingdom of Hanover, annexed by Prussia in 1866, reflected in the Saxon Steed state emblem. After Lower Saxony was founded by merging Hanover with...
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    Shieldwall.: 144–145  Anglo-Saxons Coronation Stone England English people Funens Life regiment Hengist and Horsa Jutes Saxon steed The Battle of Burford and...
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    James Lloyd suggests that 'the Saxon Steed motif was invented in the 14th century… as a faux ancient symbol for the Saxons'. (see the whole article)...
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