RUGEN Gunilda

Abt 0720 -

• Name	RUGEN Gunilda
  Birth	Abt 0720	Rugen, Sachsen, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Death	Engern, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
  Notes	In genealogies of the ancestors of Widukind, a leader of the Saxons who rebelled against the rule of Charlemagne in the late 8th century, Gunilda of Rügen is named as the wife of Wernicke, King of the Saxons and mother with him of Widukind. As an example see Johann Hübner's, Drey hundert und drey und dreyßig Genealogische Tabellen published in 1708[1] However Widukind's parents and other ancestors are never named in primary sources and this genealogy is mostly made of people who are fabricated with a few who are documented leaders of German tribes from different periods, though even then there are no primary sources that would place them all in the same genealogy. See Widukind Ancestors and Family for further information. Research Notes Parents "At one point Bellung, born 680 and Dobrogera, born 680 were linked as parents." Gedcom Imports Name Name: Kunhilde /von Ruegen/[2][3] Name: Gunhilde Of /Rugen/[4] Name: Kunhilde /VonRugen/[5] Name: Kunhilde /VonRugen/Source: #S6 Name: Gunilda /vonRgen/ Source: #S6 Birth Birth: abt 715. Rugen, Sachsen, Germany[6] ALT BIRTH: Island, Rugen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Death Death: Engern, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, Germany[7][8][9] Legendary Saxon Line of Descent from Witigail to Witikind George Fisher [10]in 1832 published his Genealogical Companion in which he presented a line of descent of princes and kings in Saxony from Hengist's father Witigail to Witikind the Great, conquered by Charlemagne. While many of these princes exist only in legend, they appear in many popular genealogies and therefore their line of descent is presented here for reference. Birth years are estimated and not part of Fisher's table. Wihtgils or Witigail, born 380, King of the Saxons, died 434 Hengist, born 425. First king of Kent, died 488. Audoacer or Hartwaker, born 455, succeeded his father as 15th Prince of the Saxons, died 480. Hatwigate, born 475,Prince of the Saxons, died 524 Hulderic. born 500, King of the Saxons, died 540 Bodicus, born 525, Prince of the Saxons, died 586 Berthold, born 550, King of the Saxons, died 633. Sighard, born 630, King of the Saxons, died 691 Dieteric, born 670,, King of the Saxons, died 740, married Dobogesa, daughter of Billung, King of the Vandals Wernich, born 705, son of Dieteric, King of the Saxons, died 768. Wernich had a brother Ethelbard, also son of Dieteric, also King of the Saxons. Ethelbard had two sons; Albion, was baptized by his cousin Witikund the Great, son of Ethelbard, 785, and Herman was slain by Charlemagne 798, Witikind the Great, born 755, the last King of the Saxons, conquered by Charlemagne, 785. Consentng to be baptized, the conqueror made him the first Duke of the old Upper Saxony, or on the Weser. He died 807 and was the patriarch of many great families in Europe, amongst whom may be reckoned the present Royal Family of England. Sources ↑ Johann Hübner, Drey hundert und drey und dreyßig Genealogische Tabellen (Leipzig: Gleditsch, 1708). Table 146 (image 160 of 359). Digital image, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00052866?page=160,161 : accessed 21 November 2023). ↑ Source: #S6. Record for Bruno I Warlord Saxony ↑ Source: #S6. Record for Warnechin King Von Saxony Der Engern ↑ Source: #S004444 ↑ Source: #S1 ↑ Source: #S6 Record for Warnechin King Von Saxony Der Engern ↑ Source: #S6 Record for Wittekind Widukind The Saxons ↑ Source: #S6. Record for Bruno I Warlord Saxony ↑ Source: #S6 Record for Warnechin King Von Saxony Der Engern ↑ George Fisher. A Genealogical Companion and Key to the history of England: Consisting of copious genealogical details of the British Sovereigns, Page 25 London: Simkin and Marshall, 1832. Accessed August 3, 2018 jhd Source: S1 Ancestry. Source: S6 Ancestry. Ancestry. Source: S004444 Ancestry. Source: S-2047177890 Ancestry. Source S-1992136522 Ancestry.
  Person ID	I57994	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	von SACHSEN Warnechin,   b. 0705, Island, Rugen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 0768, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	0732	Saxony, Germany
  Children	1. ENGERN Imhild,   b. Abt 0745, Engern, Saxony, Germany d. Denmark  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. von WESTFALEN Widuking (Sachsen),   b. 0755, Saxony. Germany d. 10 Nov 0810 (Age ~ 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026