Albion (Saxon)

Albion (or Abbion shortened to Abbio or Abbi, also Alboin[1]) was a Germanic leader of the Saxons in the time of Charlemagne.

(exact dates remain unknown) Albbi is considered one of the two principal Saxon chiefs along with Widukind.

They mustered an army and fought Charlemagne in two major battles, at Osnabrück and Detmold.

[1] In 785, after being defeated in the Saxon wars, fleeing across the Elbe, Albion was baptized together with Widukind, possibly in Attigny, with Charlemagne as his godfather.

[4][5] He was possibly married to Giesela (or Hasela), a daughter or sister to Widukind, and therefore closely related to him.