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Magnus (c. 1045 – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. [ 1 ] Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway , he was the last member of the House of Billung .
The House of Billung was a dynasty of Saxon noblemen in the 9th through 12th centuries. [1] The first known member of the house was Count Wichmann, mentioned as a Billung in 811. Oda, the wife of Count Liudolf, oldest known member of the Liudolfing House, was also a Billung as was Matilda of Ringelheim.
Otto was the son-in-law of Duke Magnus Billung and the father of later Duke, Albert the Bear. House of Mansfeld; Hoyer I, Count of Mansfeld 1115 Appointed by Emperor Henry V in opposition to Duke Lothar. Welf Dynasty Henry the Proud: 4 December 1137 – 20 October 1139 Son-in-law of Lothar; also duke of Bavaria: Ascanian Dynasty Albert the Bear
1059: Ordulf Billung becomes duke after the death of his father. 1072: Magnus Billung becomes duke. 1106: Duke Magnus dies without heir, ending the Billung dynasty. The Billung territory becomes part of the Welf and Ascanian countries. Lothar of Supplinburg becomes duke of Saxony. 1112: Otto of Ballenstedt created duke by Emperor Henry V. 1115 ...
A Pennsylvania museum has agreed to sell a 16th century portrait that once belonged to a Jewish family that was forced to part with it while fleeing Nazi Germany before World War II. The Allentown ...
Their son Magnus succeeded Ordulf as Duke of Saxony. [3] Ordulf's second wife, Gertrude of Haldensleben, [4] daughter of a Count Conrad, was imprisoned in Mainz in 1076 and died 21 February 1116. Their son Bernard died after a fall from a horse in Lüneburg on 15 July of an unknown year. Ordulf is buried in the Church of St. Michael in Lüneburg.
Magnum initially told police in 2006 that she was raped while attending a team party hosted by Duke's men's lacrosse team on March 13 that year. The players hired and paid her and another exotic ...
Magnus I: Sibylle of Saxony: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony : 2 May 1515 8 February 1540 1 August 1543 husband's accession 1574 husband's reaccession: 1571 husband's retirement 19 March 1581 husband's death: 18 July 1592 Francis I: Sophia of Sweden: Gustav I of Sweden : 29 October 1547 4 July 1568, however, since 1578 permanently separated 1571