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Widukind and his allies were then baptized in Attigny in 785, with Charlemagne as his godfather. (Attigny, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France)
Esposa de: Widukind was the Danish princess Geva Eysteinsdotter (From Denmark / Van Raumerike / Van Westfold Saxony). For what's known so far there were three children [1] :
Wigebert Duke of Saxony (799-827),
Hasalda of Engern (756-)
Wittekind II Wettin.
Widukind probably died in 807 in a battle against the Swabians.
Legendary Saxon Line of Descent from Witigail to Witikind
George Fisher [2]in 1832 published his Genealogical Companion in which he presented a line of descent of princes and kings in Saxony from Hengist's father Witigail to Witikind the Great, conquered by Charlemagne. While many of these princes exist only in legend, they appear in many popular genealogies and therefore their line of descent is presented here for reference. Birth years are estimated and not part of Fisher's table.
Wihtgils or Witigail, born 380, King of the Saxons, died 434
Hengist, born 425. First king of Kent, died 488.
Audoacer or Hartwaker, born 455, succeeded his father as 15th Prince of the Saxons, died 480.
Hatwigate, born 475,Prince of the Saxons, died 524
Hulderic. born 500, King of the Saxons, died 540
Bodicus, born 525, Prince of the Saxons, died 586
Berthold, born 550, King of the Saxons, died 633.
Sighard, born 630, King of the Saxons, died 691
Dieteric, born 670,, King of the Saxons, died 740, married Dobogesa, daughter of Billung, King of the Vandals
Wernich, born 705, son of Dieteric, King of the Saxons, died 768. Wernich had a brother Ethelbard, also son of Dieteric, also King of the Saxons. Ethelbard had two sons; Albion, was baptized by his cousin Witikund the Great, son of Ethelbard, 785, and Herman was slain by Charlemagne 798,
Witikind the Great, born 755, the last King of the Saxons, conquered by Charlemagne, 785. Consentng to be baptized, the conqueror made him the first Duke of the old Upper Saxony, or on the Weser. He died 807 and was the patriarch of many great families in Europe, amongst whom may be reckoned the present Royal Family of England.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind
http://www.isgeschiedenis.nl/nieuws/historische_vijanden_widukind_en_de_franken/
http://www.vakantiearena.nl/osnabruck/widukind-de-bekende-onbekende
http://widukind.eu/widukind.php
http://hethistorischportaal.nl/wp-content/uploads/De-Wereld-van-Stad-en-Ommelanden.pdf
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H78IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=Svarticke&source=bl&ots=LIS029ajep&sig=PEJVi0tbyDiAR9xzifZwE0eDhXI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5tYvPlIjKAhVDrKYKHf9PDtoQ6AEIoAEwHQ#v=onepage&q=Hulderic&f=false
"Bautizado 777-785, 785 - sus padres y otros antepasados no pueden ser probados en fuentes contemporáneas, pero son legendarios, hijo de Warnechin von Sachsen y Gunilda von Rügen."
https://gw.geneanet.org/zenhausern?lang=es&pz=daniel&nz=zenhausern&p=widukind&n=von+sachsen
See also video's:
Learn about the Saxon leader Widukind
Widukind quelle (well)
Widukind Margareten kapelle
Karl der Grosse und die Sachsen
Momente der Geschichte: Sachsenherzog Widukind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Saxony