Wittekind

(Wittekind the Saxon)
~ 780
Leader of Saxon resistance to Charlemagne. After years of struggle, converted to Christianity.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Charlemagne and Wittekind in	Patriots and Tyrants by Marion Florence Lansing
Charlemagne in	The History of Germany by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Wittekind, the Saxon Patriot in	Historical Tales: German by Charles Morris

Image Links
The baptism of Wittekind in Famous Men of the Middle Ages	The Baptism of Wittekind in Greatest Nations - Germany	The Baptism of Wittekind in Patriots and Tyrants
The baptism of WIttekind in Historical Tales: German	Wittekind's Submission. in Charlemagne