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Bernard I (c. 950 – 9 February 1011) was the Duke of Saxony between 973 and 1011, the second of the Billung dynasty, a son of Duke Herman [1] and Oda. He extended his father's power considerably. He fought the Danes in 974, 983, and 994 during their invasions. He supported the succession of Otto III over Henry the Wrangler.
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)
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.
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (c. 950–1011) Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (c. 1218-1287) Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1649–1706)
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]
Bernhard was the youngest of the seven sons of Albert the Bear, Duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142 and first Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157, by his wife Sophie of Winzenburg. [2] In 1157 he was present together with his father and brothers at the funeral of the Wettin margrave Conrad of Meissen .
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.
Hildegarde von Stade (974- 3 October 1011), married Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, son of Hermann Billung, Margrave of the Billung March, [1] and his wife Countess Oda. Henry was succeeded as Count of Stade by his brother Siegfried I. The date of succession is unclear, but it was possibly as early as 973.