Liutgard of Saxony
845 - 885 (40 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Liutgard of Saxony was born 845 (daughter of Liudolf of Saxony and Oda of Billung); died 17 Nov 885. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15866
Notes:
Liutgard of Saxony (c. 845-17 November 885) was the wife and Queen of Louis the Younger, the Frankish King of Saxony and East Francia.
She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of Liudolf, Duke of the Eastern Saxons (b. 805-820, d. 12 March 866), and of Oda Billung (b. 805-806, d.17 May 913).
She married Louis the Younger - who had already been betrothed to a daughter of Count Adalhard - on 29 November 874 at Aschaffenburg. They had two children: Louis (877-879) and Hildegard (c. 879-after 899), who became a nun in Chiemsee, Bavaria.
After her husband's death, she married in 882 Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (b. between 855 and 860, d. 5 November 911). They had two children: Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (born 883-884, d. 28 April 926) and Udalrich von Schwaben (born between 884 and 885, died 30 September 885). [1] Her daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909). [2] Their children included Ulrich of Augsburg. [3]
Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition.
2. 
Liudolf of Saxony was born Abt 805 (son of Brun of Saxony and Gisa Vonverla); died 12 Mar 864; was buried , Brunshausen, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15859
Notes:
Liudolf (born about 805, died 12 March 864 or 866) was a Saxon count, son of one count (Graf) Brun (Brunhart) and his wife Gisla von Verla; later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons (dux orientalis Saxonum, probably since 850) and count of Eastphalia. Liudolf had extended possessions in eastern Saxony, and was a leader (dux) in the wars of King Louis the German against Normans and Slavs. The ruling Liudolfing House, also known as the Ottonian dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member.
Before 830 Liudolf married Oda, daughter of a Frankish princeps named Billung and his wife Aeda. Oda died on 17 May 913, supposedly at the age of 107.
They had six children:
Brun
Otto the Illustrious, father of Henry the Fowler
Liutgard married King Louis the Younger in 874.
Hathumoda, became an abbess
Gerberga, became an abbess
Christina, became an abess
By marrying a Frankish nobleman's daughter, Liudolf followed suggestions set forth by Charlemagne about ensuring the integrity of the Frankish Empire in the aftermath of the Saxon Wars through marriage.
In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife traveled to Rome in order to ask Pope Sergius II for permission to found a house of secular canonesses, duly established at their proprietary church in Brunshausen around 852, and moved in 881 to form Gandersheim Abbey. Liudolf's minor daughter Hathumod became the first abbess.
Liudolf is buried in Brunshausen.
Buried:
BrunshausenLiudolf — Oda of Billung. Oda (daughter of Billung and Adea) died 17 May 913. [Group Sheet]
3. Oda of Billung (daughter of Billung and Adea); died 17 May 913. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15862
Children:
- Otto I of Saxony was born 851; died 30 Nov 912; was buried Gandersheim Abbey.
- 1. Liutgard of Saxony was born 845; died 17 Nov 885.
- Brun of Saxony died 2 Feb 880.
- Hatumoda of Saxony
- Gerberga of Saxony
- Christina of Saxony
Generation: 3
4. Brun of Saxony Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15860
Brun — Gisa Vonverla. [Group Sheet]
5. Gisa Vonverla Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15861
Children:
- 2. Liudolf of Saxony was born Abt 805; died 12 Mar 864; was buried , Brunshausen, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany.
6. Billung Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15863
— Adea. [Group Sheet]
7. Adea Other Events:
- Reference Number: 15864
Children:
- 3. Oda of Billung died 17 May 913.
