Ancestors Jacobus Johannes van Rijn » Bernhard II Hertog van Saksen- Billiung (990-1059)

Personal data Bernhard II Hertog van Saksen- Billiung 

  • He was born in the year 990 in Saksen.
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    Bernhard II van Saksen (ca. 990 - 29 juni 1059) was hertog van Saksen.

    In 1011 volgde hij zijn vader op als hertog en erfde dienst functies als voogd van Lüneburg,
    Werden, Möllenbeck, Minden, Herford, Kemnade en Fischbeck. In 1018 bemiddelde Bernhard de vrede
    van Bautzen (stad) tussen Duitsland en Polen. Hij streed vooral tegen de Wenden en de Friezen.

    Bernhard was op gespannen voet met Hendrik III vanwege diens pogingen om het bestuur te
    centraliseren. Bernhard wist juist de autonomie van Saksen op het gebied van wetgeving te
    herstellen.

    In 1045 bouwde hij een kasteel in Hamburg. Bernhard werd begraven in de Sint
    Michaeliskerk te Lüneburg.
  • He died on June 29, 1059 in Lüneburg, Germany, he was 69 years old.
  • A child of Bernhard I Hertog van Saksen- Billiung and Hildegard Von Stade
  • This information was last updated on May 18, 2021.

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