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Personal data Hendrik II van Saksen-Ludolf 

• He was born about 951.
• Title: Hertog van beieren
• Title: Marktgraaf van Verona
• He died about 995.
• A child of Hendrik I van Saksen-Ludolf and Judith van Beieren

Household of Hendrik II van Saksen-Ludolf

He is married to Gisela van Bourgondië.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Hendrik II (de heilige) van Duitsland  ± 974-1024
2. Gizela van Saksen-Ludolf  ± 978-????

Notes about Hendrik II van Saksen-Ludolf

HEINRICH of Bavaria, son of HEINRICH Duke of Bavaria & his wife Judith of Bavaria [Luitpoldinger] (951-Gandersheim 28 Aug 995, bur Gandersheim Stiftskirche[234]). "Heinricus Bawariorum dux…filius Henrici ducis, fratris primi Ottonis" is named in the Annalista Saxo, when recording his capture in 975[235]. He succeeded his father in 955 as HEINRICH II "der Zänker" Duke of Bavaria. Regino records the death of "Heinricus frater regis" in 955 and that the king gave "cuius filius Heinrico…ducatum et marcam"[236]. He rebelled against his cousin Emperor Otto II in 974 and attempted to seize the throne, but was captured and imprisoned at Ingelheim. He escaped, after which Emperor Otto confiscated Bavaria from him in [976], awarding it to his cousin Otto Duke of Swabia[237]. Ex-Duke Heinrich fled to Bohemia, taking refuge with Duke Boleslav who had supported his rebellion[238]. He returned to Bavaria, rebelled again with Heinrich Bishop of Augsburg and Heinrich Duke of Carinthia [Luitpoldinger]. The rebels drove Bishop Pilgrim from Passau, where they were besieged by Emperor Otto's forces and captured[239]. Duke Heinrich II was put on trial at Magdeburg in 978, and placed in the custody of Folkmar Bishop of Utrecht[240]. He was released in [early 984] after the accession of Otto III King of Germany, but conspired against him in an attempt to have himself elected king[241]. Although he won support in Bavaria, he was opposed by Konrad I Duke of Swabia and conceded at Rohr 29 Jun 984[242]. He was restored as Duke of Bavaria as part of the terms of the settlement in [early 985][243]. Duke of Carinthia 989. The necrology of Fulda records the death in 995 of "Heiricus dux"[244]. The Notæ Sancti Emmerammi records the death in 995 of "dux Hainricus pater Hainrici imperatoris"[245]. Thietmar records the death of Duke Heinrich on 28 Aug at Gandersheim, and his burial there[246]. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "28 Aug" of "Heinricus dux"[247].

m (before 972) GISELA of Upper Burgundy, daughter of CONRAD I "le Pacifique" King of Upper Burgundy [Welf] & his first wife Adela --- ([955/60]-21 Jul 1007, bur Regensburg). Herimannus names "Gisela, Counradi regis Burgundiæ filia" wife of "Heinricus dux Baioariæ" and mother of Emperor Heinrich II[248]. Her birth date range is estimated from her having given birth to her eldest son in [976], which also suggests that she must have been King Conrad's daughter by his first marriage. Many contemporary sources confuse Gisela with her niece of the same name, daughter of her half-sister Gerberga & the latter's second husband. For example, the Chronicle of St Bénigne de Dijon names "sororem regis [Rodulfi Burgundie] Gislam" as wife of "Chonradum" and mother of "tertium Henricum"[249]. It is not known why this report is repeated so frequently in other chronicles, for simple chronology demonstrates that it cannot be correct. She was exiled to Merseburg after the trial of her husband in 978[250]. According to the Preface of Vitæ Heinrici et Cunegundis Imperatores, "Gisila imperatrix, mater sancti Heinrici imperatoris obit VII Kal Martii"[251]. Thietmar records the death of "our king's…mother…Gisela" on 21 Jul and her burial at Regensburg, dated to 1007 from the context[252]. The necrology of Merseburg records the death "21 Jul" of "domna Gisela mater Heinrici imperatoris"[253]. The necrology of Magdeburg records the death "21 Jul" of "Gisla filia Chuonradi regis"[254].

Mistress (1): ---. The name of Duke Heinrich's mistress is not known.

Duke Heinrich & his wife had four children:
HEINRICH (6 May [973]-Pfalz Grona 3 Jul 1024, bur Bamberg cathedral).
BRUNO (-Regensburg 24 May 1029, bur Augsburg St Moritz).
[267].
GISELA ([985]-Passau 7 May 1065, bur Passau Kloster Niedernburg).
1000.
BRIGIDA

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[234] Thietmar 4.20, pp. 165-6.

[235] Annalista Saxo 975.

[236] Continuator Reginonis Trevirensis 955, MGH SS I, p. 623.

[237] Thietmar 3.5, p. 150.

[238] Thietmar 3.7, p. 132.

[239] Reuter (1991), p. 176.

[240] Thietmar, p. 132, footnote 22.

[241] Thietmar 3.26 and 4.1, pp. 148-50.

[242] Thietmar 4.4, pp. 151-2, and 4.8, pp. 154-5.

[243] Thietmar 4.8, p. 155.

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

[245] Notæ Sancti Emmerammi III, MGH SS XV.2, p. 1098.

[246] Thietmar 4.20, p. 166.

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

[248] Herimanni Augiensis Chronicon 995, MHG SS V, p. 117.

[249] Abbé E. Bougaud (ed.) (1875) Chronique de l'abbaye de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon (Dijon), p. 188.

[250] Thietmar, p. 132, footnote 22.

[251] Vitæ Heinrici et Cunegundis Imperatores Preface, MGH SS IV, p. 791.

[252] Thietmar 6.29, p. 257.

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

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

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