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Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, [1] was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Christianity.
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1486–1500); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany. After Henry's death in 1435, and Sigismund was forced to renounce and became a bishop (in 1440), Frederick and William divided their possessions. In the Division of Altenburg in 1445 ...
Oda of Saxony (c. 845 – 874), married to Lothar I, Count of Stade Otto the Illustrious ( c. 851 – 912), succeeded his brother in 880, [6] father of King Henry the Fowler Liutgard ( c. 840 – 885), married the East Frankish ruler Louis the Younger , second son of King Louis the German, in 874 [7]
4 de jun. de 2017 · In 909 he wed Matilda, daughter of the count of Westphalia. When his father died in 912, Henry became Duke of Saxony. Six years later, Conrad I of Franconia designated Henry as his heir shortly before he died. Henry now controlled two of the four most significant duchies in Germany, the nobles of which elected him king of Germany in May of 919.
As king, he continued his father's policy to provide protection for the papacy and became its chief defender, removing the Lombards from power in northern Italy in 774. Charlemagne's reign saw a period of expansion that led to the conquests of Bavaria , Saxony , and northern Spain , as well as other campaigns that led Charlemagne to extend his rule over a vast area of Europe.
Description. Sexually dimorphic. Adult male, 22 cm (without head plumes); female, 20 cm. Adult male black head and upperparts, yellow underparts, cinnamon wing patches and two striking long erectile head plumes suggestive of enamel. Female grey brown above, pale beneath, marked with grey scalloping.
Geographic Range. Pteridophora alberti, or King-of-Saxony bird-of-paradise, is native to the rain forest regions of New Guinea.There are two main ranges, which run in a generally south-east line from the Weyland and Snow Mountains eastward to the Bismarck and Kratke Ranges, following the main tectonic division of the island.
