# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/widukind
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:00.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/widukind"
name: "Widukind"
slug: "widukind"
description: "Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Christianity. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend. He is also venerated as a Blessed in the Catholic Church."
tagline: "Duke of Saxony"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Widukind_statue%2C_Herford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "755"
deathDate: "807"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.71
  momentum:             2.979539641943734
  historical:           20.90643733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nds_nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Відукінд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Відукінд Саксонскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)"
    title: "Видукинд (Саксония)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind_(roue_ar_Saksoned)"
    title: "Widukind (roue ar Saksoned)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind_de_Sax%C3%B2nia"
    title: "Widukind de Saxònia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind_(Sachsen)"
    title: "Widukind (Sachsen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Βίντουκιντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viduquindo"
    title: "Viduquindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ویدوکیند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind"
    title: "Widukind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witterkind"
    title: "Witterkind"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitichindo"
    title: "Vitichindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "ヴィドゥキント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "비두킨트 (작센)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitichindo"
    title: "Vitichindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidukindas"
    title: "Vidukindas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump