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- After a bloody struggle that lasted thirty years (772–804), the Saxons were finally brought under Frankish supremacy by the Emperor Charlemagne.
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In 1756, Saxony joined the coalition of Austria, France and Russia against Prussia. Frederick II of Prussia chose to attack pre-emptively and invaded Saxony in August 1756, precipitating the Seven Years' War. The Prussians quickly defeated Saxony and incorporated the Saxon army into the Prussian army.
This article lists Dukes, Electors, and Kings ruling over territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918. Dukes of Saxony.
May 19, 2024 · He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 987–996 Hugh Capet. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 1031–1060 Henry I. 1060–1108 Philip I. 1108–1137 Louis VI (the Fat) 1137–1180 Louis VII (the Young) 1180–1223 Philip II Augustus.
From 1726 until his death in 1743, Fleury effectively ruled France with the king's assent. Fleury dictated the choices to be made, and encouraged the king's indecision and flattered his pride. He forbade the king to discuss politics with the Queen.
Jun 16, 2023 · The Saxon Wars (772-804) were a series of conflicts between the Franks under Charlemagne, who sought to conquer Saxony and convert the populace to Christianity, and the Saxons who resisted. The conflict lasted over 30 years through 18 campaigns and cost thousands of lives before Charlemagne's victory in 804 and Saxon conversion/assimilation ...
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- The Saxon Wars were a series of conflicts between 772-804 between the Franks under Charlemagne, who wanted to convert the Saxons forcibly to Christ...
- The immediate cause of the Saxon Wars was the Saxon destruction of the church at Deventer, modern-day Netherlands, but it is understood that Charle...
- Charlemagne launched 18 military campaigns against the Saxons between 722-804.
- Charlemagne of the Franks won the Saxon Wars after deporting 10,000 Saxons from their homeland and replacing them with Christian Franks.
Saxons. The Saxons [1] were a group of Germanic [2] peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, Latin: Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany. [3] Earlier, in the late Roman Empire, the name was first used to refer to Germanic coastal raiders, and in a similar ...
May 19, 2021 · The Carolingian Dynasty (751-887) was a family of Frankish nobles who ruled Francia and its successor kingdoms in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. The dynasty expanded from Francia as far as modern Italy, Spain, and Hungary, and ruled the eponymous Carolingian Empire (800-887), the largest European political entity to ...
