Widukind was a moving spirit in the struggles of the Saxons for their independence & continuation of ethnic faith. Frankish accounts of the Saxon Wars give only short outlines of his character. Fallowing Charlemagne subdued the Saxons within 777, Widukind found refuge by having a Danes. Charlemagne attend Spain in 778, and Widukind returned. Saxons took retaliation & plundered Frankish regions. Many other days Widukind experienced to flee & Charlemagne terribly punished 4000 Saxons at Verden. A bitingly struggles included Wends and Frisians as well, and continued until Charlemagne sought to cause Widukind to submit to Christianity peacefully. Widukind was baptized in 785 along with several of his humans. the pope ordered a general feast of thanksgiving. Widukind took there are no a portion inside farther Saxon wars. He shortly became one of a heroes of legend. Late he appeared as a angelic figure & a builder of several churches. He is regarded to develop been buried at Enger near Herford around 808. Nevertheless, a monumental grave in a church of Enger is non from either the 9th century, and so these are doubtful whenever a dead person in is actually Widukind.

Based on datthe from myth Widukind rode the blacken horse before his baptism, & a whitecap after. A blacken horse of Widukind is depicted in the coat of arms of the district of Herford, while his whitecap is depicted on the flags of the North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony states of Germany.