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Magnus (c. 1045 – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. [ 1 ] Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway , he was the last member of the House of Billung .
Otto was the son-in-law of Duke Magnus Billung and the father of later Duke, Albert the Bear. House of Mansfeld; Hoyer I, Count of Mansfeld 1115 Appointed by Emperor Henry V in opposition to Duke Lothar. Welf Dynasty Henry the Proud: 4 December 1137 – 20 October 1139 Son-in-law of Lothar; also duke of Bavaria: Ascanian Dynasty Albert the Bear
1011: Duke Bernhard I Billung dies; his son Bernhard II becomes duke. 1042: Ordulf Billung, son of Bernhard II, marries Wulfhild, the half-sister of King Magnus of Denmark and Norway. Danes and Saxons fight against the Wends. 1059: Ordulf Billung becomes duke after the death of his father. 1072: Magnus Billung becomes duke. 1106: Duke Magnus ...
His daughter Wulfhilde married Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, a member of the House of Welf; his daughter Eilika married Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, a member of the House of Ascania. As a consequence, for the following decades control of Saxony was contested between the Welfs and Ascanians. The Billung dukes of Saxony were: Hermann, died 973 [2]
Magnus I: Sibylle of Saxony: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony : 2 May 1515 8 February 1540 1 August 1543 husband's accession 1574 husband's reaccession: 1571 husband's retirement 19 March 1581 husband's death: 18 July 1592 Francis I: Sophia of Sweden: Gustav I of Sweden : 29 October 1547 4 July 1568, however, since 1578 permanently separated 1571
He was allied with Denmark in this endeavor, and he strengthened the alliance by marrying Wulfhild of Norway, the daughter of King Olaf II of Norway, in 1042. [2] Their son Magnus succeeded Ordulf as Duke of Saxony. [3] Ordulf's second wife, Gertrude of Haldensleben, [4] daughter of a Count Conrad, was imprisoned in Mainz in 1076 and died 21 ...
In 1070/71 Henry had already picked a quarrel with the Saxon count Otto of Nordheim, then Duke of Bavaria, and Magnus Billung, son of Duke Ordulf of Saxony. The king seized Otto's title and property and kept Magnus prisoner at Harzburg Castle, even after the latter succeeded his father to the Saxon duchy in 1072. This heightened tensions ...
The Eastphalian count Otto of Ballenstedt (d. 1123), ancestor of the House of Ascania, had married Eilika, a daughter of Duke Magnus of Saxony from the House of Billung.As the Billung male line became extinct upon Magnus's death in 1106, Otto hoped to succeed him, however King Henry V of Germany enfeoffed Count Lothair of Supplinburg.