Forced removal of Saxons to Francia
The Annales regni Francorum report that in summer 804 the emperor transferred to Francia the Saxons living beyond the Elbe and in Wihmuodi, together with women and children.
What this does and does not establish
Pinned Wikisource raw revision 264822. The source claims removal of all Saxons in the specified areas; the passage provides no independent enumeration.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCCIIII, summer
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
Read arf.wikitext lines 329–345. Line 335 closes the preceding annal with the December return and Christmas. The original DCCCIIII marker at line 337 is followed by wintering at Aachen and then the excerpt's explicit summer expedition. The same line proceeds to the emperor's arrival at Cologne in mid-September; line 339 advances to mid-November, and DCCCV begins at line 341. The removal therefore belongs securely to summer Julian AD 804, away from Christmas rollover. Original quotation begins at line 337, character 67393.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
Aestate autem in Saxoniam ducto exercitu omnes, qui trans Albiam et in Wihmuodi habitabant, Saxones cum mulieribus et infantibus transtulit in FranciamAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
In summer, however, having led an army into Saxony, he transferred to Francia all the Saxons who lived beyond the Elbe and in Wihmuodi, together with women and children
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Exact source version
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