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Personal data Bernard I van Saksen-Billung 

Source 1
  • He was born about 940.
  • Title: Hertog van Saksen
  • He died on February 9, 1011 in Corvery, Höxter, Nordrein-Westfalen, Duitsland.
  • A child of Herman van Billung and Nn Nn

Household of Bernard I van Saksen-Billung

He is married to Hildegard van Stade.

They got married.


Child(ren):



Notes about Bernard I van Saksen-Billung

BERNHARD Billung, son of HERMANN Billung dux in Saxony & his [first/second] wife [Oda ---/Hildesuit---] (-Corvey 9 Feb 1011, bur Lüneburg St Michaelis). The Annalista Saxo names (in order) "Bennonis ducis, qui et Bernhardus et Liudigeri comitis et Machtildis comitisse" as brothers and sister of "domna Suanehildis [filia] Herimanni ducis de Liuniburh"[323]. He succeeded as BERNHARD I Herzog in Sachsen. Adam of Bremen names "dux Benno et Sigafridus marchio" when recording their victory against the Vikings at Stade[324]. The passage is undated but adjacent paragraphs suggest that it relates to an incident in the late 908s/early 990s. The necrology of Fulda records the death in 1011 of "Berinhart dux"[325]. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "9 Feb" of "Bernhardus dux"[326]. The Vita Meinwerci records the death "Id Feb" of "Bernhardus dux Saxonicus, filius Herimanni ducis"[327].

m ([990]) HILDEGARDE von Stade, daughter of HEINRICH [I] "dem Kahlen" Graf von Stade [Nordmark] & his second wife Hildegard [von Reinhausen] ([974/77]-3 Oct 1011, bur Lüneburg St Michaelis). The primary source which confirms Hildegarde's parentage and her marriage has not so far been identified. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "3 Oct" of "Hildegarth ducissa"[328].

Mistress (1): ---. The name and origin of Duke Bernhard's mistress are not known.

Duke Bernhard I & his wife had [five] children:
HERMANN (-young).
BERNHARD (after 990-29 Jun 1059, bur Lüneburg St Michael).
THIETMAR (-killed in battle Pöhlde 1 Oct 1048)
GODESDIN (-30 Jun after 1040)
MATHILDE (-Gernrode 28 Apr 1014).

Bronnen:

[323] Annalista Saxo 1002.

[324] Adami, Gesta Hammenburgensis Ecclesiæ Pontificum II.30, MGH SS VII, p. 317.

[325] Annales Necrologici Fuldenses, MGH SS XIII, p. 123.

[326] Althoff, G. (ed.) (1983) Die Totenbücher von Merseburg, Magdeburg und Lüneburg (Hannover), Lüneburg.

[327] Vita Meinwerci Episcopi Paderbornensis 14, MGH SS XI, p. 114.

[328] Althoff, G. (ed.) (1983) Die Totenbücher von Merseburg, Magdeburg und Lüneburg (Hannover), Lüneburg.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bernard I van Saksen-Billung

Egbert Billung
± 855-± 932
Nn Nn
Nn Nn
????-

Bernard I van Saksen-Billung
± 940-1011


Hildegard van Stade
± 965-1011

Bernhard II van Saksen-Billung
> 990-1059

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