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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.
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
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.
Ordulf (sometimes Otto) (c. 1022 – 28 March 1072) was the duke of Saxony from 1059, when he succeeded his father Bernard II, [1] until his death. He was a member of the Billung family. Reign
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 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 ...
Dirk II: Lutgardis of Luxemburg: Siegfried of Luxembourg 955 after 980 6 May 988 husband's accession: 18 September 993 husband's death: 14 May, after 1005 Arnulf: Othelhilde: probably Bernard I, Duke of Saxony - - 18 September 993 husband's accession: 27 May 1039 husband's death: 9 March 1043/44 Dirk III: Gertrude of Saxony: Bernard II, Duke of ...
The old Saxon coats of arms today lives on in the coats of arms of Lower Saxony and Westphalia.. The original Duchy of Saxony comprised the lands of the Saxons in the north-western part of present-day Germany, namely, the contemporary German state of Lower Saxony as well as Westphalia and Western Saxony-Anhalt, not corresponding to the modern German state of Saxony.