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Building on the strong base achieved by his father, Henry I further extended
Saxony and was elected German King in 919. He walled towns and built
substantial fortifications; he established markets, churches and monasteries
and encouraged learning and culture. He defended Germany against the Wends
(929), the Magyars (who invaded Thuringia in 933) and the Viking Danes (934).
He was the first to create a unified Germany.

I married Ringelheim, Mathilda of in 909. Mathilda (daughter of Dietrich Ct. of Ringelheim and Lorraine, Gisele of) was born in 894 in Memleben, Germany; died on 14 May 936 in Quedlinberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hatwide Princess of Saxony died on 10 May 965.
2. Saxony, Gerberga of died on 5 May 984.

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Otho (Otto) succeeded his elder brother Bruno in 880 and on the death of
Burkhard, Margrave of Thuringia in 908, obtained control of that
principality as well. Saxony became practically independent and played a
major role in the empire.

The married Bavaria, Hedwige (Edith) of on Yes, date unknown. Hedwige (daughter of Arnulf Roman Emperor of Bavaria and Italy) died on 24 Dec 903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is also known as Ludgarda.

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{Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1956 Ed., 20:33 states:} Ludolph (Liudolf) was
appointed about 850 by King Louis "the German" as margrave to defend the
`Limes Saxoniae' (a narrow strip of land on the eastern frontier) against
the Slavs. Ludolph vigorously fought the Slavs and extended the frontier
and his own influence. {-This source states he died in 866.} He was
succeeded by his son Bruno who was killed fighting the Normans in 880; the
second son, Otto the Illustrious, then succeeded and was recognized Duke of
Saxony by King Conrad I.

married Hatwige on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arnulf was illegitimate son of Carloman (?) and grandson of Carloman's
father Louis the German, King of the East Franks (d. 880; son of Emperor
Louis I - see AEM's Chart 310C:4). Arnulf's wife is Oda, daughter of
Theodore of Bavaria.

married Susanna Countess of Montfort on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eberhard's ancestry not fully certain. He may be son of Hunroch, Margrave of
Friuli, who married Engeltron of Paris (her first husband); or he may be
son of Count Berengarius (son of Everhard, a Count, son of Desiderius, last
king of the Lombards, captured by Charlemagne in 774) {per "Royal Ancestors
of Magna Charta Barons," by Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, pp. 120-1}.

Count married Gisela, of France between 836 and 840. of (daughter of Louis, King of Aquitaine I and Bavaria, Judith of) was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Carloman's illegitimate son is Emperor Arnulf, ID 1436. Carloman was named
his successor by Emperor Louis II, but could not take the crown despite
negotiations with Pope John VIII to be crowned. He was stricken with
paralysis and died. {Encycl. Brit., 1956, 4:877.} Carloman is eldest son of
Louis II.

Died:
Is buried there

married dau. of Count Ernest on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Carloman's wife is identified as Litwinde of Carinthia by W.H.Turton, "The
Plantagenet Ancestry"(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.23.