Wittekind

Wittekind (d. 807) was leader of the Saxon struggle against Charlemagne. He annihilated the Frankish army in 783, in retaliation for which Charlemagne executed 4500 Saxons he had taken prisoners, which roused the entire Saxon people to arms, and led to a drawn battle at Detmold, upon which Wittekind accepted baptism, and was promoted to a dukedom by the Frankish king. He fell in battle with Gerold, a Swabian duke, in 807.

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Wittenberg, Wizard of the North, WLAN, Wm Aiton, Wm Allen, Wm Bennett, Wm Bleek