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Wichmann I the Elder (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (died 23 April 944) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung , Bishop of Verden , and Herman, Duke of Saxony . Biography
He was the younger brother of the Saxon count Wichmann the Elder. Hermann is generally counted as the first Billung duke ( Herzog ) of Saxony, but his exact position is unclear. The ducal Ottonian dynasty had risen to German royalty with the accession of Henry the Fowler in 919 and had to concentrate on countrywide affairs.
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.
Wichmann was born at present-day Wichmannsburg, part of Bienenbüttel, at the residence of his father. Wichmann I the Elder, though the first-born of three Billung brothers and by his marriage related to King Otto I, was ignored at the enfeoffment with the Saxon Billung March, which in 936 fell to his younger brother Hermann. Wichmann the Elder ...
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Bruno (920 – 26 January 976), son of Wichmann the Elder and his wife Frederuna, niece of Queen Matilda, wife of Henry the Fowler, served as a Bishop of Verden. Bruno was appointed to succeed Bishop Amelung, brother of Hermann Billung, in 962. Bruno is best known for his refusal to allow the burial in the church of Hermann due to his ...
Egbert the One-Eyed (German: Ekbert der Einäugige) (died 4 April 994) was the second son of Wichmann the Elder and the younger brother of Wichmann the Younger.He was thus of the elder line of the Billung family.
The family tree of the descendants of Lothar II and their relationships with the House of Billung, in particular with Wichmann, can be found in Warner’s book on Ottonian Germany. Wichmann's ties with the Margraves of the Nordmark, particularly with his grandson Dietrich, the first Margrave of the Nordmark, provide some credence to these claims.