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    Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars...
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    Widukind of Corvey (c. 925 – after 973; German: Widukind von Corvey, in italian Vitichindo Sacco di Corvey, in Latin VVITICHINDI SAXO) was a medieval Saxon...
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  • Widukind Lenz (4 February 1919, Eichenau, Bavaria – 25 February 1995) was a distinguished German pediatrician, medical geneticist and dysmorphologist who...
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    signifies universal all-sustaining pillar. Clive Tolley has argued that Widukind of Corvey in a passage of his Deeds of the Saxons (c. 970) is in fact describing...
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    the Saxon chief Widukind, leader of the resistance against Charlemagne, fled Saxony in the face of the Frankish onslaught. Widukind found refuge with...
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    domains as soon as he turned his attention elsewhere. Their main leader, Widukind, was a resilient and resourceful opponent, but eventually was defeated...
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  • a three-volume chronicle of 10th-century Germany, written by Widukind of Corvey. Widukind, proud of his people and history, begins his chronicon, not with...
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    because medieval writers such as Widukind of Corvey and Adam of Bremen give conflicting accounts of how it came about. Widukind of Corvey, writing during the...
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    The Widukind-Gymnasium Enger (vidʊkɪnd-gYmnaʰsium əŋər) is a Gymnasium located on Tiefenbruchstraße 22, Enger, Herford, Northrhine-Westphalia. It is named...
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    completely commanded Westphalia. That summer, he met Widukind and persuaded him to end his resistance. Widukind agreed to be baptised with Charlemagne as his...
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  • death—four thousand and five hundred of them. This sentence was carried out. Widukind was not among them since he had fled to Nordmannia [Denmark]. When he had...
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    was described as magni ducis Oddonis (great duke Otto) by the chronicler Widukind of Corvey when describing the marriage of his sister Liutgard to King Louis...
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    year 1100. The main current attractions of Enger are Widukind's tomb, the Widukind museum, the Widukind festival ("Timpkenfest"), held annually on January...
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  • were a noble family of medieval Saxony, descended from the Saxon leader Widukind. The most notable member was Saint Matilda (d. 968), queen consort of King...
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    legends link his adversary Widukind to places near Detmold, Bielefeld, Lemgo, Osnabrück, and other places in Westphalia. Widukind was buried in Enger, which...
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    right). According to the Res gestae saxonicae by tenth century chronicler Widukind of Corvey, the Saxons had arrived from Britannia at the coast of Land Hadeln...
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    legends link his adversary Widukind to places near Detmold, Bielefeld, Lemgo, Osnabrück and other places in Westphalia. Widukind was buried in Enger, which...
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    until the 8th century and the conflict between their semi-legendary hero Widukind and the Frankish emperor Charlemagne. They do not appear to have been politically...
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    care at Crown Street Women's Hospital in Sydney. German paediatrician Widukind Lenz, who also suspected the link, is credited with conducting the scientific...
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  • years 743–744. Onomastics suggests that he was related to the family of Widukind.[citation needed] In 743 the Frankish mayors of the palace, the brothers...
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    Franks under Charlemagne in 772, retaken by the Saxons (possibly under Widukind) in 774, and taken again and refortified by Charlemagne in 775. Archaeological...
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  • II, Holy Roman Emperor. Widukind (of Corvey) 2014, p. 54. Prutz 1905, p. 245. Prutz 1905, p. 263. Wolfram 2015, p. 65. Widukind (of Corvey) (2014). Deeds...
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    Cluny 2004, p. 24. Althoff & Carroll 2004, p. 388. Riche 1993, p. 229. Widukind of Corvey 2014, p. 27. Riche 1993, p. Table 3. Riche 1993, p. 186. Althoff...
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    after 899), became a nun in Frauenchiemsee Abbey, Bavaria. Widukind of Corvey 2014, p. 27. Widukind of Corvey (2014). Deeds of the Saxons. Translated by Bachrach...
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    account of how Henry received the lance is offered by Widukind of Corvey. According to Widukind, King Conrad I of Germany made arrangements on his deathbed...
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    German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The chronicler Widukind of Corvey in his Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres denoted...
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  • extensive account of Hadugato is found in Widukind of Corvey's Deeds of the Saxons, completed around 967. Widukind's account also appears in a close paraphrase...
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    Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres) by the Saxon chronicler Widukind of Corvey, Conrad persuaded his younger brother Eberhard of Franconia,...
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    Saxon Wars (772–804) of Frankish king Charlemagne against the Saxons under Widukind were described by Jim Bradbury (2004) as "in essence a frontier struggle...
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    unarmed (though probably just poorly armed) by the contemporary chronicler Widukind of Corvey. His Saxon horsemen were described as armed warriors (miles armatus)...
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