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The name of Hermann's granddaughter Oda of Meissen suggests that Oda was the mother of his children. He had five children: Bernhard I (died 1011), Duke of Saxony; Liutger (died 26 February 1011), attested in 991, buried in St. Michaels in Lüneburg, married Emma of Lesum (died 3 December 1038), buried in the Bremen Cathedral.
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]
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 extended his father's power considerably.
Before his death he was in all but name the duke of Saxony. 973: Hermann Billung dies in Quedlinburg and shortly after Otto I dies in Memleben. Otto II becomes emperor and he make Hermann's son Bernhard I the first duke of Saxony of the Billung House. 983: Danish uprising in Hedeby. Slavonian uprising in Northalbingia.
Liudger was the son of Hermann Billung. [1] His older brother Bernhard succeeded his father as duke in Saxony upon the latter's death. [2] Liudger had two sisters, Mathilde [3] and Schwanhild. [4] Liudger was married to Emma. [5] Liudger's descendants have not been handed down. [6]
Thietmar strengthened the ties with the mighty Billung dynasty by marrying Swanehilde (d. 1014), daughter of Margrave Hermann Billung, acting Duke of Saxony from 961. The couple had one son: Gero II, who in 993 would succeed Thietmar's brother, Odo, as Margrave of the Saxon Eastern March. [citation needed]
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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.