Section AKR: Descendants of Duke Ludolph of Saxony

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Report generated by MagiCensus Deluxe v5.4.0 on 7 Feb. 2022
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Generation One

1. DUKE LUDOLPH1 OF SAXONY was born about 816[1], and died on 6 Sept. 864[1]. He married ODA _____, who was born in 796[19], and died in 903[19]. [1, 2, 11, 19]
Child:
+2i.DUKE OTTO THE ILLUSTRIOUS2 OF SAXONY, b. about 836[1]; d. on 30 Nov. 912[1]; m. HEDWIG _____.

Generation Two

2. DUKE OTTO THE ILLUSTRIOUS2 OF SAXONY (Ludolph1), son of (1) Duke Ludolph1 and Oda (_____), was born about 836[1], and died on 30 Nov. 912[1]. He married HEDWIG _____. [1, 3, 13, 19]
Children:
+3i.HENRY I THE FOWLER3 OF SAXONY, b. in 876; d. on 2 July 936 in Memleben; m. (AJK-4) MECHTILDE OF RINGELHEIM of Ringelheim, daughter of (AJK-3) Count Dietrich.
+4ii.BRUNEHILDE OF SAXONY, b. about 880; d. about 950; m. (CS-1) ADALBERT I OF BABENBERG, b. before 906[16], d. about 950[16].

Generation Three

3. HENRY I THE FOWLER3 OF SAXONY (Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), son of (2) Duke Otto the Illustrious2 and Hedwig (_____), was born in 876, and died on 2 July 936 in Memleben. He married (AJK-4) MECHTILDE OF RINGELHEIM of Ringelheim, daughter of (AJK-3) Count Dietrich. [4, 15, 18, 20, 23]
Duke of Saxony, Emperor of Germany, 912-936
Children:
+5i.KING OTTO I THE GREAT4 OF GERMANY, b. on 23 Nov. 912[1]; d. on 7 May 973[1] in Memleben[1]; m. (1) (ASW-22) EADGYTH _____, d. on 26 Jan. 946[1], daughter of (ASW-18) King Edward I the Elder and Elfreda (_____); m. (2) (IK-9) ST. ADELAIDE OF LOMBARDY, b. in 931[1], d. on 17 Dec. 999[1], daughter of (IK-6) King Rudolph II and Bertha (of SWABIA).
+6ii.HEDWIG OF SAXONY of Saxony, Germany, b. about 936 of Saxony; d. about 1000; m. (U-10) HUGH MAGNUS, COUNT OF PARIS of Paris, France, d. in June 956[1], son of (U-7) Duke Robert I and (LG-51) Beatrix (de VERMANDOIS).
+7iii.GERBERGA OF SAXONY of Saxony, b. about 920 of Saxony; d. on 5 May 984; m. (1) (ALH-7) DUKE GISELBERT OF LORRAINE of Lorraine, France, d. on 2 Oct. 939, son of (ALH-5) Count Régnier I and (LG-39) Hersent (of FRANCE); m. (2) in 939 (LG-54) KING LOUIS IV D'OUTRE-MERE OF FRANCE of France, France, b. of France, France about 919, d. on 10 Sept. 954, son of (LG-46) King Charles III the Simple and Eadgifu (_____).
4. BRUNEHILDE3 OF SAXONY (Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), daughter of (2) Duke Otto the Illustrious2 and Hedwig (_____), was born between 845/6 and 887, and died between 901 and 997. She married (CS-1) ADALBERT I OF BABENBERG, who was born before 906[16], and died about 950[16]. [16]
Child: See (CS-1) Adalbert I of BABENBERG

Generation Four

5. KING OTTO I THE GREAT4 OF GERMANY (Henry I the Fowler of SAXONY3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), son of (3) Henry I the Fowler3 and (AJK-4) Mechtilde (of RINGELHEIM) OF SAXONY, was born on 23 Nov. 912[1], and died on 7 May 973[1] in Memleben[1]. He married (1st) (ASW-22) EADGYTH _____, daughter of (ASW-18) King Edward I the Elder and Elfreda (_____), who died on 26 Jan. 946[1]. He married (2nd) (IK-9) ST. ADELAIDE OF LOMBARDY, daughter of (IK-6) King Rudolph II and Bertha (of SWABIA), who was born in 931[1], and died on 17 Dec. 999[1]. [1, 6, 19]
Child of: King Otto I the Great4 of GERMANY and Eadgyth _____:
+8i.LUITGARDE5 _____, b. about 935; d. in 953[1]; m. (ZV-5) DUKE CONRAD THE WISE OF LORRAINE, d. in 955[1], son of (ZV-4) Count Werner.

Child of: King Otto I the Great4 of GERMANY and St. Adelaide of LOMBARDY:
+9i.EMPEROR OTTO II5 OF GERMANY, b. about 955[1]; d. on 7 Dec. 983[1] in Rome, Italy[1]; m. THEOPHANA _____, b. about 956[1], d. on 15 June 991[1].

Child of: King Otto I the Great4 of GERMANY:
+10i.RICHILDE5 OF GERMANY, b. about 950; d. about 1000; m. (AFR-1) COUNT KUNO OF OHNINGEN.
6. HEDWIG4 OF SAXONY (Henry I the Fowler3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1) of Saxony, daughter of (3) Henry I the Fowler3 and (AJK-4) Mechtilde (of RINGELHEIM) OF SAXONY, was born between 889/90 and 936, and died between 939 and 1046. She married (U-10) HUGH MAGNUS, COUNT OF PARIS of Paris, son of (U-7) Duke Robert I and (LG-51) Beatrix (de VERMANDOIS), who died in June 956[1]. [10, 14, 17]
Hedwig was the 3rd wife
Child: See (U-10) Hugh MAGNUS, Count of Paris
7. GERBERGA4 OF SAXONY (Henry I the Fowler3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1) of Saxony, daughter of (3) Henry I the Fowler3 and (AJK-4) Mechtilde (of RINGELHEIM) OF SAXONY, was born between 897/8 and 925, and died on 5 May 984. She married (1st) (ALH-7) DUKE GISELBERT OF LORRAINE of Lorraine, son of (ALH-5) Count Régnier I and (LG-39) Hersent (of FRANCE), who died on 2 Oct. 939. She married (2nd) in 939, (LG-54) KING LOUIS IV D'OUTRE-MERE OF FRANCE of France, France, son of (LG-46) King Charles III the Simple and Eadgifu (_____), who was born about 919 of France, France, and died on 10 Sept. 954. [5, 12, 21, 22, 23]
Children of: Gerberga4 of SAXONY and Duke Giselbert of LORRAINE: See (ALH-7) Duke Giselbert of LORRAINE

Children of: Gerberga4 of SAXONY and King Louis IV d'Outre-Mere of FRANCE: See (LG-54) King Louis IV d'Outre-Mere of FRANCE

Generation Five

8. LUITGARDE5 _____ (Otto I the Great of GERMANY4, Henry I the Fowler of SAXONY3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), daughter of (5) King Otto I the Great4 and (ASW-22) Eadgyth (_____), was born between 926 and 939, and died in 953[1]. She married (ZV-5) DUKE CONRAD THE WISE OF LORRAINE, son of (ZV-4) Count Werner, who died in 955[1]. [1, 9]
Child: See (ZV-5) Duke Conrad the Wise of LORRAINE
9. EMPEROR OTTO II5 OF GERMANY (Otto I the Great4, Henry I the Fowler of SAXONY3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), son of (5) King Otto I the Great4 and (IK-9) St. Adelaide (of LOMBARDY), was born about 955[1], and died on 7 Dec. 983[1] in Rome[1]. He married THEOPHANA _____, who was born about 956[1], and died on 15 June 991[1]. [1, 7, 19]
Child:
+11i.MATILDA6 OF SAXONY, b. about 970/1; d. in 1024[1]; m. (AAE-1) COUNT EDZO OF LORRAINE, d. in 1034[1].
10. RICHILDE5 OF GERMANY (Otto I the Great4, Henry I the Fowler of SAXONY3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), daughter of (5) King Otto I the Great4, was born between 926 and 972, and died between 940 and 1082. She married (AFR-1) COUNT KUNO OF OHNINGEN.
Child: See (AFR-1) Count Kuno of OHNINGEN

Generation Six

11. MATILDA6 OF SAXONY (Otto II of GERMANY5, Otto I the Great4, Henry I the Fowler of SAXONY3, Otto the Illustrious2, Ludolph1), daughter of (9) Emperor Otto II5 and Theophana (_____), was born between 963/4 and 984, and died in 1024[1]. She married (AAE-1) COUNT EDZO OF LORRAINE, who died in 1034[1]. [1, 8]
Child: See (AAE-1) Count Edzo of LORRAINE


1. Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999).
2. Ibid., (141-16).
3. Ibid., (141-17).
4. Ibid., (141-18, 142-17, 147-18).
5. Ibid., (142-18, 140-18+).
6. Ibid., (147-19, 45-17+, 241-4+).
7. Ibid., (147-20).
8. Ibid., (147-21).
9. Ibid., (45-18).
10. Ibid., (53-19+, 141-19).
11. von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1941).
12. Ibid., 279.
13. Ibid., 63, 124.
14. Ibid., 63,124,267.
15. Ibid., 63,124,267,279.
16. W. H. Turton, The Plantagenet Ancestry (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1928), 110.
17. Ibid., 14.
18. Ibid., 14, 23.
19. Ibid., 23.
20. J. Orton Buck and Timothy Field Beard, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 145, 246, 265.
21. Ibid., 99, 145, 246, 265.
22. Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), 144, 175, 221.
23. Gary Boyd Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002), 455, 458, 461, 463.