Paderborn

Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 51.719, 8.754 · 4 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 777Royal Frankish AnnalsAfter Easter at Noviomagus, Charles goes to Saxony to hold an assembly at Paderborn. Saxon leaders come and submit, and many are baptized; but Widukind flees to Sigifrid, king of Denmark. From Spain the Saracen Ibn al-Arabi comes and surrenders
AD 785Royal Frankish AnnalsWhen winter ends and supplies arrive, Charles holds the regular assembly at Paderborn and then goes to Bardengau
AD 799Royal Frankish AnnalsOn hearing this the king continues his Saxon campaign; after the assembly at Lippeham he goes to Paderborn to await the pope. The pope comes, is received with great honor, stays several days, and returns to Rome with the king's envoys
AD 815Royal Frankish AnnalsAt the Paderborn general assembly the emperor receives Slav chiefs and envoys from the east. Hearing of a plot against Pope Leo's life in Rome, he sends his nephew Bernard, king of Italy, to Rome
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