Saxon war In 555, Chlothar attacked and conquered the Saxons, who had revolted, in the upper valley of the Weser, Elbe, and the coast of the North Sea. As a submission, Chlothar required them to pay a substantial annual tribute and for some time exacted from the Saxons an annual tribute of 500 cows.Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450–751, (Longman Limited, 1994), 65.
Saxon war In 555, Chlothar attacked and conquered the Saxons who had revolted, in .the upper valley of the Weser, Elbe, and the coast of the North Sea. As a submission, Chlothar required them to pay a substantial annual tribute and for some time exacted from the Saxons an annual tribute of 500? cows.Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450–751, (Longman Limited, 1994), 65.