Wittekind (Widukind) of the Saxons, King of Saxons

Abt 750 - 807  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Wittekind (Widukind) of the Saxons   [1]
  Suffix	King of Saxons
  Born	Abt 750	Saxony, Germany
  Christened	785	Attigny
  Gender	Male
  Name	Witteking (The Great)
  Died	807
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal13128 , Wittekind (Widukind) of the Saxons, King of The Saxons «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps08/ps08_316.htm«/b» Witteking was the last King of the Saxons (769-85) and the first Duke of Saxony (785-807) {per Carr P. Collins, "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Dallas, TX, 1959, p. 222 - his ancestry is also from this source}. birth ABT 0734. in 0777 he fled from Charlemagne, and the forced baptisms of his Saxons, to his brother-in-law, Sigrid the Dane (King of Haithbu), baptism in 0785, in Attigny. ·It was not until after another defeat of the Saxons at Detmold, and again at Osnabrück, on the "Hill of Slaughter", that Wittekind acknowledged the God of Charles the stronger than Odin. In 785 Wittekind received baptism at Attigny, and Charles stood godfather.
  Person ID	I5135	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Wernicke, King of Saxons,   b. 700,   d. 768  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Gunilda of the Island Rugen,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551616708	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Geva of Raumerike Eysteinsdótter,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Wigebart of Saxony, Duke of Saxony,   b. 752, Saxony, Germany ,   d. 825  (Age 73 years)   2. Wittekind III von Wettin,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F1594	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).