Conversion of Wittekind, 785 AD, (19th century). The Saxon leader Wittekind (or Wittekind), resisted Emperor Charlemagne for a long time before finally submitting. He was baptised c785 AD, and according to myth he rode a black horse before his baptism and a white horse afterwards. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle.