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Personal data Bernard I van Saksen-Billung 

• He was born in the year 940.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Bernhard (rond 940 - Corvey, 9 februari 1011) was een zoon van hertog Herman Billung. In 973 volgde hij zijn vader op als hertog van Saksen. Hij sloeg in 974, 983 en 994 Deense aanvallen op Saksen af. Zijn steun voor Otto III was beslissend voor diens koningskeuze in 983. Bernard was maarschalk van de rijksdag in Quedlinburg van 986. Hij nam deel aan de veldtochten van 991 en 995 tegen de Slaven. Bernard vergrootte zijn eigen bezittingen, vooral rond de Wezer. In 1001 was hij bij de koning in Ravenna. In 1002 huldigde hij namens de Saksische stam koning Hendrik II, nadat die de rechten van de Saksen had bevestigd. Bernard had conflicten met de graven van Stade en de aartsbisschoppen van Bremen. Hij had de grafelijke rechten in het grootste deel van Saksen en bezat vele voogdijen.
  
  Bernhard en Hildegard stierven tijdens dezelfde epidemie en zijn allebei begraven in de Sint-Michaeliskerk te Lüneburg (stad).

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Bernard I (c. 950 – 9 February 1011) was the duke of Saxony (973–1011), the second of the Billung dynasty, a son of Duke Herman and Oda. He extended his father's power considerably.
  
  He fought the Danes in 974, 983, and 994 during their invasions. He supported the succession of Otto III over Henry the Wrangler. In 986, he was made marshal and in 991 and 995 he joined the young Otto on campaign against the Slavs. He increased his power vis-à-vis the crown, where his father had been the representative of the king to the tribe, Bernard was the representative of the tribe to the king [1]. Bernard died in 1011 and was buried in the Church of Saint Michael in Lüneburg.
  Family
  
  In 990, Bernard married Hildegard (died 1011), daughter of Count Henry I the Bald of Stade (died 976). They had the following issue:
  
  Herman, died young
  Bernard II, his successor
  Thietmar, a count, died in a duel on 1 April 1048 in Pöhlde
  Gedesdiu (or Gedesti) (died 30 June c. 1040), abbess of Metelen (from 993) and Herford (from 1002)
  
  and probably:
  
  Matilda, nun
  Othelindis (died 9 March 1044), married Dirk III of Holland

• He died on February 9, 1011 in Corvey, Duitsland, he was 71 years old.
• A child of Hermann van Saksen-Billung and Hildesuith von der Westerburg
• This information was last updated on November 20, 2012.

Household of Bernard I van Saksen-Billung

He is married to Hildegard van Stade.

They got marriedSource 3

Child(ren):

1. Herman van Saksen-Billung  
2. Imma van Saksen-Billung  
3. Mathilde van Saksen-Billung  -1014
4. Thietmar van Saksen-Billung  -1048
5. Bernard II van Saksen-Billung  990-1059 
6. Godesti van Saksen-Billung  993-> 1040

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