Saxon Wars facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Saxon Wars |
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Frankish expansion from 481 to 814 |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Carolingian Empire Obotrite Confederacy |
Saxons Frisians |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Charlemagne Chamberlain Adalgisile † Constable Geilo † Count Palatine Worad † Count Theodoric † |
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Unknown | 4,500 executed in 782 2,800–4,000 killed in 798 7,070 deported in 795 1,600 deported in 798 10,000 deported in 804 |
The Saxon Wars, also called the Saxon War or Saxon Uprising (not to be confused with the Saxon Rebellion of 1073-75), were the campaigns and insurrections of the thirty-three years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected tribesmen was crushed. In all, eighteen campaigns were fought, primarily in what is now northern Germany. They resulted in the incorporation of Saxony into the Frankish realm and their forcible conversion from Germanic paganism to Catholicism.
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In Spanish: Guerras sajonas para niños
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