See also
| Partner: | Wittekind of SAXONY (c. 750-806) | |
| Partner: | (unknown) | |
| Children: | Heilwig Edith of SAXONY (c. 780-843) | |
| Name: | Wittekind of SAXONY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Werneking of SAXONY (c. 710-768) | |
| Mother: | Gundelinde (Gundilda) of SAXONY (c. 715- ) | |
| Birth | c. 0750 | |
| Occupation | Master of the Palace of Altdorf | |
| Death | 0806 (age 55-56) | |
| Name: | Heilwig Edith of SAXONY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Welf of BAVARIA (c. 775-825) | |
| Birth | c. 0780 | |
| Occupation | Abbess of Chelles | |
| Death | 0843 (age 62-63) | |
Three or four children.
He was the Great Duke of Saxony two years before the Danish invasion of England, sixteen years before the Saxon monarchy in England. Originally he was a Pagan and enemy to Charlemagne, he was baptized a Christian in 785 "of his own free will", unlike many of his people who were baptized at the point of the swords of Charlemagne's men.