Saxon Wars

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The Saxon Wars were a series of late 8th- and early 9th-century campaigns in which Charlemagne and the Frankish Empire fought to conquer and Christianize the pagan Saxon tribes in northern Germany.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saxon Wars canonical 11
Charlemagne’s campaigns in Saxony 1
Frankish conquest of Saxony 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
belligerent Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

Saxon tribes ⓘ
Saxons ⓘ
cause Frankish expansion into Saxon territory ⓘ
religious conflict between Christianity and Saxon paganism ⓘ
chronology early 9th century ⓘ
late 8th century ⓘ
commander Charlemagne ⓘ
conflictType conquest war ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
consequence consolidation of Carolingian power in northern Europe ⓘ
long-term integration of Saxons into the Frankish and later German kingdoms ⓘ
spread of Latin Christianity in northern Germany ⓘ
endTime 804 ⓘ
goal Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
conquest of Saxony ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ledBy Charlemagne ⓘ
location Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

Saxony ⓘ
northern Germany ⓘ
notableEvent Massacre of Verden ⓘ
destruction of the Irminsul ⓘ
division of Saxony into Frankish counties ⓘ
imposition of the Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae ⓘ
revolts led by Widukind ⓘ
opponentCulture Saxon paganism ⓘ
opposedBy Saxon nobility ⓘ
opposingCommander Widukind ⓘ
partOf Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Carolingian expansion

Charlemagne's reign ⓘ
primarySource Einhard ⓘ
surface form: Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni

Frankish annals ⓘ
surface form: Royal Frankish Annals
regionAffected Elbe River Basin District ⓘ
surface form: Elbe River region

Lower Saxony ⓘ
Weser Uplands ⓘ
surface form: Weser River region
religiousAspect Christianization ⓘ
suppression of paganism ⓘ
result Frankish victory ⓘ
annexation of Saxony into the Frankish Empire ⓘ
forced conversion of many Saxons to Christianity ⓘ
integration of Saxon territory into the Carolingian realm ⓘ
rulingDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
startTime 772 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolingian dynasty → conflict → Saxon Wars ⓘ
Charlemagne → militaryConflict → Saxon Wars ⓘ
Christianization of Saxony → significantEvent → Saxon Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxon Wars (772–804)
Christianization of Saxony → significantEvent → Saxon Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charlemagne’s campaigns in Saxony
Christianization of Saxony → follows → Saxon Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish conquest of Saxony
Duchy of Saxony → significantEvent → Saxon Wars ⓘ
Saxons → notableEvent → Saxon Wars ⓘ
Pepin of Italy → participatedIn → Saxon Wars ⓘ