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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, 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. 1260 – after 1323) Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (c. 1385 — 1463) Bernard II, Duke of ...
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.
The only person known to have ruled all of Wales as a modern territory was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (c. 1010–1063), a Prince of Gwynedd who became King of Wales from 1055 to 1063. However, some Welsh Princes sporadically claimed the medieval title of " Prince of Wales " between the 13th to 15th centuries.
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.
Military adventurers went to Wales from Normandy and elsewhere and after raiding an area of Wales, then fortified it and granted land to some of their supporters. [8] One example was Bernard de Neufmarché, responsible for conquering and pacifying the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog. The precise dates and means of formation of the lordships varied ...
Eilika of Schweinfurt (c. 1005 – after 10 December 1059) was Duchess consort of Saxony. She came from a Bavarian noble family as the daughter of Margrave Henry of Schweinfurt and Gerberga of Gleiberg (970 – aft. 1036). [1] [2] Around 1020, Eilika married Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and was mother of: [1] [2] Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (1022 ...