Invasion of Saxony
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Were a series of invasions of Saxony by the Frankish Kingdom to impose them the Christian faith.
Chronology
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January 744: Carloman, sub-king of Austrasia, conquered the castle of Hoohseoburg and defeated the Saxons led by Duke Theodoric forcing them to peace.
February 744: Carloman, sub-king of Austrasia, conquered the castle of Hoohseoburg and defeated the Saxons led by Duke Theodoric forcing them to peace.
January 745: Then, still in 744, Carloman and Pippin intervened with the army to put down the rebellion in Saxony and, after having captured the duke Theodoric once again, having made a large number of prisoners and ascertaining that they were of similar stock to the inhabitants of his reign, Carloman acquired them as subjects and many of them converted to the Christian faith and asked to be baptized.
February 745: Then, still in 744, Carloman and Pippin intervened with the army to put down the rebellion in Saxony and, after having captured the duke Theodoric once again, having made a large number of prisoners and ascertaining that they were of similar stock to the inhabitants of his reign, Carloman acquired them as subjects and many of them converted to the Christian faith and asked to be baptized.
February 749: In 748, the Saxons, as was their custom, had broken their oaths, so Pippin was forced to intervene, with the help of the Frisians. After many of them had already been killed or taken prisoner and their lands burned, the Saxons, seized with fear, sued for peace, promising to be tributaries.
January 750: Seeing, moreover, that they could not oppose the Franks, having dismissed their commanders, they converted to the Christian faith. But then, due to pressure from the Bavarians, they abjured their faith and did not keep their word, so in 749, Pepin returned with the army to Saxony.
January 749: In 748, the Saxons, as was their custom, had broken their oaths, so Pippin was forced to intervene, with the help of the Frisians. After many of them had already been killed or taken prisoner and their lands burned, the Saxons, seized with fear, sued for peace, promising to be tributaries.
February 750: Seeing, moreover, that they could not oppose the Franks, having dismissed their commanders, they converted to the Christian faith. But then, due to pressure from the Bavarians, they abjured their faith and did not keep their word, so in 749, Pepin returned with the army to Saxony.
February 759: In 758, Pepin, the King of the Franks, led a campaign in Saxony and defeated the Saxons at Sitnia, crushing their resistance for years. Pepin was the son of Charlemagne and a powerful ruler in the Frankish Empire. The Saxons were a tribal confederation in the region.
January 759: In 758, Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, led a campaign to the Tribal Confederation of the Saxons, where he defeated and massacred the Saxons in Sitnia. This brutal act helped to subdue the Saxons' resistance to Frankish rule for several years.
