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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 .
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 ...
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
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]
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Wulfhilde Billung of Saxony (1072 – 29 December 1126) was the eldest daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and his wife, Sophia of Hungary. In about 1095 she married Duke Henry IX of Bavaria. [ 1 ] As a result of this marriage, part of the Billung possessions came into the hands of the House of Guelph .
The Billung March was formed in 936, when Otto II, Duke of Saxony and King of East Francia, made Hermann Billung princeps militiae (margrave, literally "prince of the militia"), granting him control of the border with rule over the West Slavic Obotrite tribes, including the Polabians, Warnabi and Wagri, as well as the Redarii, Circipani, and ...
The first of the Saxon House of Billung, Hermann was a trusted lieutenant of Emperor Otto I. Though never Duke of Saxony himself, while Otto (who was the enthroned duke of Saxony) was in Italy from 961 until 972, Hermann served as Otto's personal representative in governing Saxony. Towards the end of his life, Hermann was the effective duke in ...