See also:WIDUKIND, or WITTEKIND (d. c. 807)
, See also:leader of the See also:Saxons during the earlier See also:part of their resistance to See also:Charlemagne, belonged to a See also:noble Westphalian See also:family, and is first mentioned in 777 when his See also:absence from an See also:assembly of the Saxons held by the Frankish See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Paderborn was a See also:matter for remark
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It is inferred with considerable See also:probability that he had taken a leading part in the attacks on two Frankish garrisons in 776, and possibly had shared in earlier fights against the See also:Franks, and so feared to meet the king
.
In 778 he returned from See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile in See also:Denmark to See also:lead a fresh rising, and in 782 the Saxons at his instigation drove out the Frankish priests, and plundered the border territories
.
It is uncertain whether See also:Widukind shared in the Saxon victory at the Suntel mountains, or what part he took in the risings of 783 and 784
.
In 785 Charlemagne, leading an expedition towards the mouth of the See also:Elbe, learned that Widukind was in the See also:land of the Nordalbingians, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river
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Negotiations were begun, and the Saxon See also:chief, assured of his See also:personal safety, appeared at the Frankish See also:court at Attigny
.
There he was baptized, the king acting as his See also:sponsor and loading him with gifts
.
The details of his later See also:life are unknown
.
He probably returned to See also:Saxony and occupied there an influential position, as in 922 the See also:inheritance of the " old See also:count or See also:duke Widukind " is referred to
.
Many legends have gathered around his memory, and he was See also:long regarded as a See also:national See also:hero by the Saxons
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He is reported to have been duke of Engria, to have been a devoted See also:Christian and a builder of churches, and to have fallen in See also:battle in 807
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Kingly and princely houses have sought to establish their descent from him, but except in the See also:case of See also:Matilda, wife of the See also:German king, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. the See also:Fowler, without any success
.
See W
.
Diekamp, Widukind der Sachsenfi.hrer nach Geschichte and See also:Sage (See also:Munster, 1877) ; J
.
Dettmer, Der Sachsenfilhrer Widukind nach Geschichte and Sage (\Viirzburg, 1879)
.
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