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Bernard II (c. 995 – 29 June 1059) was the Duke of Saxony between 1011 and 1059, the third of the Billung dynasty as a son of Bernard I [1] and Hildegard. Besides his position in Saxony, he had the rights of a count in Frisia. Bernard expanded the powers of the duke in Saxony and is regarded as the greatest of the Billungers.
Bernard II of Saxe-Lauenburg (German: Bernhard II.; c. 1385/1392 – 16 July 1463) was a member of the House of Ascania and Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from 1426 to 1463. His full title was Duke of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia, however only ruling the branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1426 and 1463.
Bernard II of Auvergne or Bernard Plantapilosa (died 885) Bernard II, Count of Laon (c. 845–<893) Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (died 1059) Bernard II Tumapaler of Gascony (1020 – after 1064) Bernard II of Besalú (died 1100) Bernard II de Balliol (died 1190) Bernard II, Lord of Lippe (c. 1140–1224) Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (c ...
Bernard I was treated as an equal of his legal lord, the Duke of Saxony. Then Bernard II, in a 1028 letter of the Emperor Conrad II concerning the slaves of the church of Verden, which was located in the provinces "to whom we [Conrad] have committed [to the Bernards] the rule." [3] He married a daughter of Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev.
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] Bernard I, died 1011; Bernard II, died 1059; Ordulf, died 1072; Magnus, died 1106
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Bernard I (or Bernardo, Bernhard) may refer to: Bernard of Septimania, also known as Bernard I of Toulouse (born 795) Bernard I of Poitiers (died 844) Bernard I of Armagnac (died 995), called 'the Suspicious', first duke of Armagnac; Bernard I William of Gascony (died c. 1009) Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (died 1011) Bernard I of Bigorre, (962–1034)
On 10 November 1042, she was married to Ordulf, [1] son of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony. This marriage was supposed to strengthen the alliance between Saxony and Denmark ; her half-brother expected the support of her consort to strengthen his position in Denmark by fighting the Wends .