caption predecessor successor death_date death_place title image article_title name reign
modern statue in nienburg theoderic egbert ? possibly enger , near herford '' dux saxonum '' widukind2 b.jpg widukind
 widukind ? -785
widukind

widukind -lrb- modern german : `` widuking '' or `` wittekind '' -rrb- was a germanic 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 and ordered conversions of the pagan saxons to roman catholicism .
in later times , widukind became a symbol of saxon independence and a figure of legend .
