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Personal data Duke Bernhard II of Saxony 

• He was born in the year 995 in Of Saxony.
• Alternative: He was born about 1003 in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
• Alternative: He was born about 1020 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany.
• He was christened between January 6, 995 and January 6, 1021 in Germany.
• Occupations:
• about 1012 Duke of Saxony in Count in Frisia/.
• Bernard II of Saxony 1011-1059 in ..
• He died on July 5, 1059, he was 64 years old.
• Alternative: He died on July 23, 1059 in Luneburg, Saxony, Germany, he was 64 years old.
• Alternative: He died on June 29, 1059 in Luneburg, Saxony, Germany, he was 64 years old.
• A child of Bernhard I of Saxony and Hildegarde of Stade

Household of Duke Bernhard II of Saxony

He has/had a relationship with Eilica of Schweinfurt.

Child(ren):

1. Ordulf of Saxony  ± 1021-1072 
2. Ida of Saxony  ????-1102 
3. Gertrude Of Saxony  ????-1113 

Notes about Duke Bernhard II of Saxony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_II,_Duke_of_Saxony

 

Bernard II (c. 995 – 29 June 1059) was the Duke of Saxony between 1011 and 1059, the third of the Billung dynasty as a son of Bernard I and Hildegard. Besides his position in Saxony, he had the rights of a count in Frisia.

Bernard expanded the powers of the duke in Saxony and is regarded as the greatest of the Billungers. He was originally a supporter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, and he accompanied him into Poland to negotiate the Peace of Bautzen of 1018. In 1019–1020, however, he revolted against Henry^[1] and gained the recognition of the tribal laws of Saxony, something his father had failed to do. He then returned to war with the Obodrites and Lutici (two Slavic tribes) and drew them into his sphere of influence through their leader Gottschalk.

He supported Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II in 1024 and his son Henry III, though he began to fear the latter for his closeness to the Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen, whom he considered a spy and inveterate enemy of the dukes of Saxony.^[1] Although he was a critical ally of the Danes, who provided fundamental support for Henry's wars in the Low Countries, Bernard was on the brink of rebellion until the death of Adalbert. The remainder of his reign, however, was quiet.

In 1045, he erected the Alsterburg in Hamburg. He died in 1059 and was succeeded without incident by his son Ordulf. He is buried in the Church of Saint Michael in Lünebur

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