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The Deeds of the Saxons

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The Deeds of the Saxons, or Three Books of Annals (Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres) is a three-volume chronicle of 10th century Germany written by Widukind of Corvey. [1]

33 relations: Angria, Battle of Püchen, Battle of Rednitz, Battle on the Raxa, Bruno, Duke of Saxony, Conrad I of Germany, Duchy of Saxony, Gyrd and Gnupa, Hadugato, Harald Bluetooth, Harthacnut I of Denmark, Hermanafrid, History of Poland during the Piast dynasty, Huns, Immedingians, Imperial Abbey of Corvey, Irminsul, King of the Romans, Lechites, Matilda of Ringelheim, Memleben, Name of Hungary, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Ottonian Renaissance, Poland in the Early Middle Ages, Rammelsberg, Res Gestae (disambiguation), Stoigniew, Thietmar of Merseburg, Werlaburgdorf, Wichmann the Younger, Widukind of Corvey.

Angria

Angria or Angaria (Engern) is a historical region in the present-day German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Battle of Püchen

The Battle of Püchen was fought in the summer of 919, between a Hungarian raiding army and the newly elected East Francian/German king Henry the Fowler, and ended with a Hungarian victory.

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Battle of Rednitz

The Battle of Rednitz on 22 June 910, was a decisive victory of the Magyar cavalry over the East Francian - German kingdoms armies.

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Battle on the Raxa

The Battle on the Raxa river (Schlacht an der Raxa) was fought on 16 October 955 over control of the Billung march (in present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northeast Germany) between the forces of Otto I of Germany allied with the Rani tribe on one side, and the Obotrite federation under Nako and his brother Stoigniew (Stoinef, Stoinneg, Stoinegin, Ztoignav) with their allied and tributary Slav neighbours on the other.

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Bruno, Duke of Saxony

Bruno, also called Brun or Braun (2 February 880), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Saxony from 866 until his death.

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Conrad I of Germany

Conrad I (c. 881 – December 23, 918), called the Younger, was the king of East Francia from 911 to 918.

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Duchy of Saxony

The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.

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Gyrd and Gnupa

Gyrd and Gnupa were kings of Denmark in the 10th century according to Sweyn II of Denmark and Adam of Bremen.

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Hadugato

Hadugato or Hathagat was an early Saxon leader, considered a founding father by the tenth century.

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Harald Bluetooth

Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Haraldr Gormsson, Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway.

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Harthacnut I of Denmark

Harthacnut or Cnut I (Hardeknud) (born c. 880) was a semi-legendary King of Denmark.

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Hermanafrid

Hermanfrid (also Hermanifrid or Hermanafrid) was the last independent king of the Thuringii in present-day Germany.

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History of Poland during the Piast dynasty

The period of rule by the Piast dynasty between the 10th and 14th centuries is the first major stage of the history of the Polish nation.

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Huns

The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe, between the 4th and 6th century AD.

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Immedingians

The Immedingians (German: Immedinger) were a noble family of medieval Saxony, descended from the Saxon leader Widukind.

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Imperial Abbey of Corvey

The Imperial Abbey of Corvey or Princely Abbey of Corvey (Stift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) was a Benedictine abbey on the River Weser, 2 km northeast of Höxter, now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Irminsul

An Irminsul (Old Saxon, probably "great/mighty pillar" or "arising pillar") was a sacral pillar-like object attested as playing an important role in the Germanic paganism of the Saxon people.

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King of the Romans

King of the Romans (Rex Romanorum; König der Römer) was a title used by Syagrius, then by the German king following his election by the princes from the time of Emperor Henry II (1014–1024) onward.

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Lechites

Lechites, or Lekhites, is a name given to certain West Slavic peoples, including the ancestors of modern Poles and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians, speakers of the Lechitic languages.

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Matilda of Ringelheim

Saint Matilda (– 14 March 968) was Duchess of Saxony from 912 and German queen (Queen of the Franks) from 919 by her marriage with Henry the Fowler, the first king of the Ottonian dynasty.

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Memleben

Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Name of Hungary

Hungary, the name in English for the country of the same name, is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria.

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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (Otto der Große, Ottone il Grande), was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973.

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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his early death in 1002.

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Ottonian Renaissance

The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited "renaissance" of Byzantine and Late Antique art in Central and Southern Europe that accompanied the reigns of the first three Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (or Saxon) dynasty: Otto I (936–973), Otto II (973–983), and Otto III (983–1002), and which in large part depended upon their patronage.

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Poland in the Early Middle Ages

The most important phenomenon that took place within the lands of Poland in the Early Middle Ages, as well as other parts of Central Europe was the arrival and permanent settlement of the West Slavs.

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Rammelsberg

The Rammelsberg is a mountain, high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony.

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Res Gestae (disambiguation)

Res Gestae is Latin term meaning "things done", and may refer to.

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Stoigniew

Stoigniew (died October 16, 955) was an Obotrite leader, reigning in the middle of the tenth century.

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Thietmar of Merseburg

Thietmar (also Dietmar or Dithmar; 25 July 975 – 1 December 1018), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty.

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Werlaburgdorf

Werlaburgdorf (Burgdorf until 1958) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Wichmann the Younger

Wichmann II the Younger (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (about 930 - 22 September 967) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung.

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Widukind of Corvey

Widukind of Corvey (c. 925after 973) was a medieval Saxon chronicler.

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Redirects here:

Deeds of the Saxons, Rerum gestarum saxonicarum libri tres, Res gestae Saxonicae, Res gestae Saxonicae sive annalium libri tres, Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres, Saxon chronicles.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deeds_of_the_Saxons

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