Liudolf of Saxony, Count of Saxony

Abt 806 - 866  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Liudolf of Saxony   [1]
  Suffix	Count of Saxony
  Born	Abt 806
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 866
  Buried	Brunshausen
  Notes	See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band I tafel 3. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07457 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudolf,_Duke_of_Saxony «b»Liudolf«/b» (died «u»12 March «/u» «u»864 «/u» or 866) was a «u»Saxon «/u» «u»count «/u»; later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons. He was also named as count of «u»Eastphalia «/u». Liudolf had possessions in eastern Saxony, and was involved in wars against «u»Normans «/u» and «u»Slavs «/u». The «u»Liudolfing «/u» House, also known as the Ottonian House, is named after him; he is its oldest known member. Liudolf married Oda, daughter of a «u»Frankish «/u» prince «u»913 «/u», supposedly at the age of 107. By marrying a Frankish nobleman's daughter, Liudolf followed suggestions set forth by «u»Charlemagne «/u» about ensuring the integrity of the «u»Frankish Kingdom «/u» through marriage. In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife traveled to «u»Rome «/u» in order to ask «u»Pope Sergius II «/u» for permission to found a house of secular canonesses, duly established in Brunshausen around 852, and moved in 881 to form «u»Gandersheim Abbey «/u». Liudolf's daughter Hathumod became its first «u»abbess «/u» Liudolf is buried in Brunshausen; his sons «u»Brun «/u» and «u»Otto «/u» apparently inherited his property.
  Person ID	I5148	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Bruno, Duke of Saxony,   b. 772,   d. 843  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Suana of Montfort, Countess of Montford,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1603	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Oda of Billung,   b. 806,   d. 17 May 913  (Age 107 years)
  Married	Abt 836
  Children	1. Bruno, Duke,   d. 2 Feb 880   2. Otto of Saxony, Duke of Saxony,   b. Abt 836,   d. 30 Nov 912  (Age ~ 76 years)   3. Liutgard of Saxony, QueenSaxony and East Francia,   b. Abt 845,   d. 17 Nov 885  (Age ~ 40 years)   4. Hathumoda (Oda) of Saxony, Abbess of Gandersheim,   b. Abt 849,   d. 29 Nov 874  (Age ~ 25 years)   5. Gerbega, Abbess of Gandersheim,   d. 24 Jul 896   6. Christine, Abbess of Gandersheim,   d. 919
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F1600	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Liudolf, Duke of Saxony

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).