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The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia. The Frisian languages are still used by 500,000 speakers; dialects of Frisian are recognized as official languages in both the Netherlands and Germany.
The ancient Frisii enter recorded history in the Roman account of Drusus' 12 BC war against the Rhine Germans and the Chauci. They occasionally appear in the accounts of Roman wars against the Germanic tribes of the region, up to and including the Revolt of the Batavi around 70 AD. They are not mentioned again until c. 296, when they were deported into Roman territory as laeti (i.e., Roman-era serfs). The discovery of a type of earthenware unique to 4th century Frisia, called terp Tritzum, shows that an unknown number of them were resettled in Flanders and Kent, probably as laeti under Roman coercion.
This is a list of famous or notable persons considered Frisians by citizenship, ethnicity or nationality.
Origin of the Ingvaeonic Peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians)
Fascinating Friesland 2013 in five minutes by Greg Shapiro
Frisian Trade
Frisians
Mongrel Nation - Brown cow
caballo Frisian bailando
Frisian: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews
Crusader Kings 2 - 6.3, King of the Frisians!
Frisians in Distress (1935) ~ moral conflict (ENG subs)
Friesen galoppieren zum Stall - Frisians gallop to the stable