1. Returned rapidly to the Lippe frontier

    · Lippe region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Returned rapidly to the Lippe frontier
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    After suppressing rebellion in Italy, Charlemagne returned to Saxony and reached the Lippe before the Saxons learned that he had left Italy. The source names the Lippe region rather than a specific settlement; coordinates represent Bad Lippspringe.

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