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<p> Leader of the Saxon struggle against Charlemagne; 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. </p> | <p> Leader of the Saxon struggle against Charlemagne; 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. </p> | ||
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Leader of the Saxon struggle against Charlemagne; 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.
