Section EI: Descendants of Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony

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Generation One

1. HERMANN1 BILLUNG, DUKE OF SAXONY of Saxony, Germany was born between 863 and 959, and died in 973[12]. He married HILDEGARDE OF WESTERBURG of Westerbourg. [17, 14, 12]
Children:
+2i.MATILDA2 BILLUNG, d. on 25 May 1008; m. (V-11) COUNT BALDWIN III OF FLANDERS of Flanders, Belgium, d. on 1 Jan. 961/2, son of (V-7) Count Arnold I the Old and (JU-60) Alix (de VERMANDOIS).
+3ii.DUKE BERNARD I OF SAXONY, d. in 1011; m. GEILA OF POMERANIA.

Generation Two

2. MATILDA2 BILLUNG (Hermann1), daughter of (1) Hermann1, Duke of Saxony and Hildegarde (of WESTERBURG), was born between 898 and 973, and died on 25 May 1008. She married (V-11) COUNT BALDWIN III OF FLANDERS of Flanders, son of (V-7) Count Arnold I the Old and (JU-60) Alix (de VERMANDOIS), who died on 1 Jan. 961/2. [17, 13]
Child: See (V-11) Count Baldwin III of FLANDERS
3. DUKE BERNARD I2 OF SAXONY (Hermann BILLUNG1), son of (1) Hermann1, Duke of Saxony and Hildegarde (of WESTERBURG), was born between 925 and 974, and died in 1011[12]. He married GEILA OF POMERANIA. [12]
Child:
+4i.DUKE BERNARD II3 OF SAXONY of Saxony, Germany, b. about 995; d. in 1059; m. about 1020 (AHM-2) ELICA VON SCHWEINFURT, daughter of (AHM-1) Henrich, Margrave.

Generation Three

4. DUKE BERNARD II3 OF SAXONY (Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1) of Saxony, son of (3) Duke Bernard I2 and Geila (of POMERANIA), was born about 995[2], and died in 1059[3]. He married about 1020, (AHM-2) ELICA VON SCHWEINFURT[5], daughter of (AHM-1) Henrich, Margrave. [4, 9, 16]
Children:
+5i.DUKE ORDULF4 OF SAXONY, b. about 1020; d. on 28 March 1072; m. (ANO-9) ULFHILDE OF NORWAY, b. about 1023[2], d. on 24 May 1070[2], daughter of (ANO-8) King Olaf II and (AII-3) Astrid (of SWEDEN).
+6ii.IDA OF SAXONY of Saxony, d. on 31 July 1102; m. (ABW-7) COUNT ALBERT III OF NAMUR of Namur, Belgium, b. before 1035, d. on 22 June 1102[2], son of (ABW-4) Count Albert II and (JU-73) Regilinde (of LORRAINE).
+7iii.GERTRUDE OF SAXONY, d. in 1113; m. (1) (V-19) ROBERT LE FRISON, COUNT OF FLANDERS of Flanders, b. about 1035[2], d. on 3 Oct. 1093[2], son of (V-15) Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and (U-18) Aelis (of FRANCE), Countess of Contenance (NORMANDY); m. (2) (TH-3) COUNT FLORENT I OF HOLLAND, d. in 1061[2], son of (TH-2) Count Dietrich III and Ulfhilde (of GERMANY).

Generation Four

5. DUKE ORDULF4 OF SAXONY (Bernard II3, Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1), son of (4) Duke Bernard II3 and (AHM-2) Elica (von SCHWEINFURT), was born about 1020[2], and died on 28 March 1072[2]. He married (ANO-9) ULFHILDE OF NORWAY, daughter of (ANO-8) King Olaf II and (AII-3) Astrid (of SWEDEN), who was born about 1023[2], and died on 24 May 1070[2].
Child:
+8i.DUKE MAGNUS5 OF SAXONY, b. before 1045; d. on 23 Aug. 1106; m. in 1070/1 (TV-10) SOPHIA OF HUNGARY, d. on 18 June 1095[19], daughter of (TV-8) King Béla I and (AEO-4) Rixa (of POLAND).
6. IDA4 OF SAXONY (Bernard II3, Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1) of Saxony, daughter of (4) Duke Bernard II3 and (AHM-2) Elica (von SCHWEINFURT), was born between 1013 and 1054, and died on 31 July 1102[2]. She married (ABW-7) COUNT ALBERT III OF NAMUR of Namur, son of (ABW-4) Count Albert II and (JU-73) Regilinde (of LORRAINE), who was born before 1035, and died on 22 June 1102[2]. [10, 18, 6]
Children: See (ABW-7) Count Albert III of NAMUR
7. GERTRUDE4 OF SAXONY (Bernard II3, Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1), daughter of (4) Duke Bernard II3 and (AHM-2) Elica (von SCHWEINFURT), was born between 1005 and 1046, and died in 1113[2]. She married (1st) (V-19) ROBERT LE FRISON, COUNT OF FLANDERS of Flanders, son of (V-15) Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and (U-18) Aelis (of FRANCE), Countess of Contenance (NORMANDY), who was born about 1035[2], and died on 3 Oct. 1093[2]. She married (2nd) (TH-3) COUNT FLORENT I OF HOLLAND, son of (TH-2) Count Dietrich III and Ulfhilde (of GERMANY), who died in 1061[2]. [3, 11]
Child of: Gertrude4 of SAXONY and Robert le FRISON, Count of Flanders: See (V-19) Robert le FRISON, Count of Flanders

Children of: Gertrude4 of SAXONY and Count Florent I of HOLLAND: See (TH-3) Count Florent I of HOLLAND

Generation Five

8. DUKE MAGNUS5 OF SAXONY (Ordulf4, Bernard II3, Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1), son of (5) Duke Ordulf4 and (ANO-9) Ulfhilde (of NORWAY), was born before 1045[2], and died on 23 Aug. 1106[2]. He married in 1070/1, (TV-10) SOPHIA OF HUNGARY[19], daughter of (TV-8) King Béla I and (AEO-4) Rixa (of POLAND), who died on 18 June 1095[19]. [7]
Child:
+9i.WULFHILDA6 OF SAXONY, b. about 1075; d. on 29 Dec. 1126; m. in 1095 (OA-3) DUKE HENRY I OF BAVARIA, b. in 1074[2], d. on 13 Dec. 1126[2], son of (OA-2) Duke Welf IV and (V-16) Judith (of FLANDERS).

Generation Six

9. WULFHILDA6 OF SAXONY (Magnus5, Ordulf4, Bernard II3, Bernard I2, Hermann BILLUNG1), daughter of (8) Duke Magnus5 and (TV-10) Sophia (of HUNGARY), was born about 1075[19], and died on 29 Dec. 1126[19]. She married in 1095, (OA-3) DUKE HENRY I OF BAVARIA[19], son of (OA-2) Duke Welf IV and (V-16) Judith (of FLANDERS), who was born in 1074[2], and died on 13 Dec. 1126[2]. [20, 8, 15, 12, 1]
Child: See (OA-3) Duke Henry I of BAVARIA


1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File (R)", Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998.
2. Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists", 7th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
3. Ibid., (101-23+).
4. Ibid., (101-23+,149-22+,246A-22+).
5. Ibid., (149-22+).
6. Ibid., (149-22+, 246A-22+).
7. Ibid., (243A-23).
8. von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R., "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1941), 271.
9. Ibid., 274.
10. Ibid., 274,276.
11. W. H. Turton, "Plantagenet Ancestry" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1928), 14, 20.
12. Ibid., 40.
13. J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 116, 183, 255.
14. Ibid., 183, 255.
15. Ibid., 266.
16. Ibid., 56.
17. Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr., "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), 185.
18. Gary Boyd Roberts, "Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 461.
19. Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700", 8th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004).
20. Ibid., (243-8).