Individual Details
Swanehilde of Saxony
(Bet 940 and 955 - 26 Nov 1014)
According to Wikipedia:
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of SaxonyLife[edit]
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
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According to Wikipedia:
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of Saxony
Life
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
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According to Wikipedia:
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of Saxony
Life
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of SaxonyLife[edit]
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
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According to Wikipedia:
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of Saxony
Life
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
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According to Wikipedia:
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).
Family tree of Hermann Billung, including Swanhilde ('Suanhild') of Saxony
Life
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
Events
| Birth | Bet 940 and 955 | ||||
| Death | 26 Nov 1014 |
Families
| Spouse | Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen (960 - 1002) |
| Child | Mathilda of Meissen ( - ) |
| Spouse | Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen (925 - 979) |
| Child | Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (975 - ) |
| Father | Hermann Billung (912 - 973) |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | Matilda Billung (940 - 1008) |
| Sibling | Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (950 - 1011) |