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* King [[Charlemagne]] abandons his [[Fossa Carolina|channel project]] (see [[793]]), and attacks the Saxon rebels from the north, supported by a second [[Franks|Frankish]] army under his son [[Charles the Younger]], which crosses the [[Rhine]] at [[Cologne]] from the west; threatened from two directions, the [[Saxons]] surrender near [[Paderborn]] ([[Westphalia]]).<ref>David Nicolle (2014). The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785, p. 20. {{ISBN|978-1-78200-825-5}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; Queen [[Fastrada]], third wife of Charlemagne, dies in [[Frankfurt]] after 11 years of [[marriage]]. Charlemagne consoles himself with [[Luitgard (Frankish queen)|Luitgard]], an [[Alemanni]]an noblewoman, whom he marries and moves into his new [[palace]] at [[Aachen]] ([[Germany]]). Luitgard shares Charlemagne's interest in the [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]].
* King [[Louis the Pious|Louis I]] (son of Charlemagne), age 16, marries [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye]]. She is a Frankish [[Nobility|noblewoman]] and the daughter of [[Ingerman of Hesbaye|Ingerman]], count of [[Hesbaye]] (modern [[Belgium]]).