Otho, The Illustrious, Duke of Saxony
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1. Otho, The Illustrious, Duke of Saxony (son of Ludolph Duke of Saxony and Hatwige); died on 12 Nov 912. Notes:
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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]
Children:- Henry, The Emperor of Germany I was born about 876; died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben.
2. Ludolph Duke of Saxony was born about 816 (son of Bruno Duke of Saxony and Susanna Countess of Montfort); died on 6 Sep 864. Notes:
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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]
3. Hatwige (daughter of Eberhard, Count of Frioul and Gisela, of France). Children:
- 1. Otho, The Illustrious, Duke of Saxony died on 12 Nov 912.
Generation: 3
4. Bruno Duke of Saxony (son of Wigbert, Duke ofSaxony); died in 843. married Susanna Countess of Montfort on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Susanna Countess of Montfort Children:
- 2. Ludolph Duke of Saxony was born about 816; died on 6 Sep 864.
6. Eberhard, Count of Frioul (son of Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli and Engeltron); died in 864. Notes:
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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]
7. Gisela, of France was born in 820 (daughter of Louis, King of Aquitaine I and Bavaria, Judith of); died on 1 Jul 874. Children:
- 3. Hatwige
- Berenger, Duke of Friuli I was born in 850; died on 12 Mar 924.
Generation: 4
8. Wigbert, Duke ofSaxony (son of Witteking, Duke Duke and Denmark, Geva of); died in 825. Children:
- Walpert Count of Oldenburg died in 856.
- 4. Bruno Duke of Saxony died in 843.
12. Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli died in 811. Margrave + Engeltron. Engeltron (daughter of Begue Count of Paris and "natural daughter" Alpais) was born in 776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Engeltron was born in 776 (daughter of Begue Count of Paris and "natural daughter" Alpais). Notes:
Married:
her firstChildren:
- 6. Eberhard, Count of Frioul died in 864.
14. Louis, King of Aquitaine I was born in Aug 778 in Chassenueil, Aquitaine; was christened on 15 Apr 781 in Rome, Italy (son of Charles Emperor of Charlemagne and Swabia, Hildegard of); died on 20 Jun 840 in near Ingelheim. Notes:
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Emperor, 814-840. He m. (1) 794-5 Irmengarde, dau. of Ingram, Count of Haspen.
Louis I died on an island in the Rhine River near Ingelheim and is buried in
the Church of St. Arnulf at Metz; Encyclopaedia Britannica (1950; 14:410)
states that Lotha(i)r was his son by Irmengarde. Louis I is also known as "le
Debonaire". He was King of France (814-840), King of Germany (814-40), and
King of Aquitaine (781-840).I married Bavaria, Judith of in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of) was born in Altdorf, Bavaria; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Bavaria, Judith of was born in Altdorf, Bavaria (daughter of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of); died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours. Notes:
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"The beauty of this young woman, her grace and intelligence, are mentioned by
all writers of the time." - Fr. Funck-Brentano, "A History of Gaul," p. 386.Notes:
Married:
his second marriageChildren:
- Adilheid
- Louis King of East Franks was born in 806; died on 28 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 7. Gisela, of France was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874.
- Charles, King of Aquitaine II was born on 23 Jun 823; died in Oct 877 in pass of Mont Cenis.