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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. In the 10th century, the property of the ...
Article History. Billung dynasty, the primary ruling dynasty in Saxony in the 10th and 11th centuries. It was founded by Hermann Billung, who in 936 received from the German king (and future emperor) Otto I a march, or border territory, on the lower Elbe River to be held against the pagan Slavic Wends. Otto repeatedly granted Hermann extensive ...
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Quick Reference. The Billung family of nobles from Saxony extended from the 9th until the 12th century. They emerged as rulers of Saxony in the Ottonian period. Otto I entrusted Hermann Billung ... From: Billung dynasty in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages ». Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Hermann Billung. Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. 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 ...
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The Billung March ( German: Billunger Mark) or March of the Billungs ( Mark der Billunger) was a frontier region of the far northeastern Duchy of Saxony in the 10th century. It was named after the family which held it, the House of Billung. The march reached from the Elbe River to the Baltic Sea and from the Limes Saxoniae to the Peene River in ...
