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 Aft 0805 - 0866 (< 59 years)
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| Name |
LIUDOLFING Liudolf |
| Birth |
Aft 0805 |
Sachsen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Mar 0866 |
| Notes |
- Liudolf (d. 11 Mar 866)[1]
bur. Brunshausen
Titles
Graf[2]
Parents
Father: Bruno[3]
Mother: UNKNOWN[3] Wikipedia states his mother is Gisla von Verla, citing: Wolfram, Herwig. Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. Translated by Kaiser, Denise A. The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2006
Marriage
m. Oda (d. 17 May 913; p. Billung and Aeda).[4] Luidolf did not marry Heilwig, daughter of Ebarhard of Friuli and Gisela. Neither did he marry her sister, Engeltrude.
Issue: 12[5]
Brun (Bruno), Duke.
Otto the Illustrious, father of Henry the Fowler
Thankmar
Liutgard, m. Louis the Younger
Enda
Hathumod, Abbess of Gandersheim (840-29 Sep 874)
Gerberga, abbess
Christina, abess
(dau) _____
(son) _____
(son) _____
(son) _____
Notes
Liudolf was a 'comes' or count. This office, which resulted from appointment by an emperor or king, originally was to enforce royal authority and required administrative functions that could include military service. The office was not necessarily held for life, unless someone happened to die in office, and under Charlemagne it was not intended to be inherited. A war leader was commonly called _dux_, the origin of the modern title 'duke'. He would only be referred to as _dux_ during a particular campaign for which he was appointed to command an army. Once he ceased to exercise that command, he effectively ceased to be _dux_, although a chronicler might use the term again when writing the man's obituary or simply stating a fact about his past activities. Liudolf married Oda about 836 and they had eleven or twelve children. Liudolf died on 11 March 866 and was named 'Liudolfus comes' in _Annales Xantenes_ relating to his death. Earlier he had been described as 'dux Saconiae'.
Sources
↑ FMG ftnref123
↑ Wikipedia -- "later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons (dux orientalis Saxonum, probably since 850) and count of Eastphalia. ... The ruling Liudolfing House, also known as the Ottonian dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member."
↑ 3.0 3.1 FMG ftnref124
↑ FMG ftnref131
↑ FMG ftnref135
Wikipedia: Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
Geni
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| Person ID |
I58016 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family |
BILLUNG Oda, b. Bef 0806, Sachsen, Germany d. 17 May 0913, Sachsen, Germany (Age > 107 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 0840 |
| Children |
| | 1. LIUDOLFING Otto, b. Abt 0836, Olde Sachsen, Germany d. 30 Nov 0912, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25883 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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27 Jan 2026 |
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