Liutgard stond bekend om haar sterke wil en haar politieke ambities, die zij aan haar echtgenoten doorgaf. Zo was zij erg ontstemd toen haar eerste man in 878 een verdrag sloot met Lodewijk de Stamelaar, waarin die zijn gezag over het hertogdom Lotharingen erkende. Liutgard vond dat haar man een veel beter resultaat had kunnen bereiken als zij maar aanwezig was geweest om hem te adviseren. Na de dood van Lodewijk de Stamelaar overtuigde ze haar man Lodewijk om een veldtocht te beginnen om koning van West-Francië te worden, echter zonder succes.
Liutgard of Saxony (c. 84517 November 885) was the wife and Queen of Louis the Younger, the Frankish King of Saxony and East Francia.
She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of Liudolf, Duke of the Eastern Saxons (b. 805820, d. 12 March 866), and of Oda Billung (b. 805806, d. 17 May 913).
She married Louis the Younger - who had already been betrothed to a daughter of Count Adalhard - on 29 November 874 at Aschaffenburg. They had two children: Louis (877879) and Hildegard (c. 879after 899), who became a nun in Chiemsee, Bavaria.
After her husband's death, she married in 882 Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (b. between 855 and 860 d. 5 November 911). They had two children: Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (born 883884, d. 28 April 926) and Udalrich von Schwaben (born between 884 and 885, died 30 September 885).[1] Her daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909).[2] Their children included Ulrich of Augsburg.[3]
Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition.
(1) Zij is getrouwd met Lodewijk III "de Jonge" van Oost-Francië.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 29 november 874 te Aschaffenburg, zij was toen 29 jaar oud.Bron 2
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(2) Zij is getrouwd met Burkhard I van Zwaben.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 882, zij was toen 37 jaar oud.Bron 2
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