Herman Billung, Margrave of the Billung March^[1]

912 - 973  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Herman Billung
  Suffix	Margrave of the Billung March
  Birth	Between 900 and 912
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	936
  	Margrave of the Billung March
  	was the Margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death.
  Acceded	961
  	effective Duke of Saxony
  	Though never Duke of Saxony himself, while Otto (who was the enthroned Duke of Saxony) was in Italy from 961 until 972, Hermann served as Otto's personal representative in governing Saxony. Towards the end of his life, Hermann was the effective Duke in all but name.
  Death	27 Mar 973	Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
  Notes	Acceded: 961 Burke says he was Conrad I, le Pacifique, Roi de Bourgogne Transjurane. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03129 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%2C_Duke_of_Saxony Hermann Billung maybe was married twice: According to the chronicles of St Michael's Abbey in Lüneburg, a Countess Oda died on 15 March in an unknown year after 973, the Xanten annals noted the death of one «i»Ode«/i», spouse of Duke Hermann, on the same day. She probably was related with the royal Ottonian dynasty; Henry the Fowler's grandmother was named Oda (herself a member of the Billung dynasty), which was also the name of his sister. A second wife «i»Hildesuith«/i» or Hildegard of Westerburg is mentioned in the chronicles, but her relation to Oda remains unclear. Hildegard was also the name of the spouse of Hermann's son Bernard. The name of Hermann's grand-daughter Oda of Meissen indicate that Oda was the mother of his children. I have given the children to Oda, but some or all of them could just as well be Hildegard's children.
  Person ID	I6694	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Billung of Saxony, Count of Saxony,   b. Abt 875   d. 26 Mar 967 (Age ~ 92 years)
  Mother	Ermengarde of Nantes   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Oda   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Matilda Billung,   b. 937, Saxony d. 25 May 1008, Ghent (Age 71 years)   2. Bernard I, Duke of Saxony,   b. Abt 950   d. 9 Feb 1011, Corvey (Age ~ 61 years)   3. Schwanehilde (Suanehild) Billung,   b. Between 945 and 955   d. 26 Nov 1014 (Age ~ 69 years)   4. Liudger Billung, Count in Westfalengau   d. 26 Feb 1011   5. Imma Billung, Abbess of Herford,   b. Abt 978, Saxony d. Aft 995, Herford, Westpfalz, Germany (Age ~ 18 years)
  Family ID	F2473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Hildegard of Westerburg   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551618638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2012

  
  

• Photos

  Hermann Billung and Hildegard

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).