redbad

King Redbad (679 - 719 CE) was the heathen king Redbad is the greatest folk hero of the Frisians. He is the defender of the Frisian freedom both against the invaiding Frankish armies, and against the church of Rome. Redbad was a devout heathen. So, when the Franks were internally divided as whom was to rule, he attacked the Franks, conquerd Utrecht and destroyed the church. Christianity was then forcefully removed from the Frisian empire. In 689 CE, Pepin II lead the Frankish conquest in the Frisian lands and took Dorestad. Between 690 and 692 CE Utrecht also fell into the hands of Pepin. This gave the Franks control of the important gateways of trade from the Frankish hinterland to the North Sea via the river Rhine. In 714 CE Pepin died. Redbad took advantage of this and beat the Frankish armies under Charles Martel in 716 CE at Cologne, thereby winning back the Frisian Empire. King Redbad died in 719, leaving behind a Great and Heathen Friesland.

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http://www.i-friesland.com/history.html

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