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It is also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin in the German stem duchy of Saxony. The family itself is also sometimes known as the Liudolfings (Liudolfinger), after its earliest known member Count Liudolf (d. 866) and one of its most common given names.
Liudolf (c. 805/820 – 11/12 March 866) was a Carolingian office bearer and count in the Duchy of Saxony from about 844 until his death in 866. The ruling Liudolfing house, also known as the Ottonian dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member.
Saxon Dynasty, ruling house of German kings (Holy Roman emperors) from 919 to 1024. It came to power when the Liudolfing duke of Saxony was elected German king as Henry I (later called the Fowler), in 919.
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Sep 2, 2024 · Liudolf (born 930—died Sept. 6, 957, Pombia, near Novara, Italy) was the duke of Swabia and son of the Holy Roman emperor Otto I, against whom he led a revolt. Liudolf, Otto’s son by his marriage to the English princess Eadgyth, was made duke of Swabia by his father in 950.
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The man in question was Liudolf, who was dux Orientalium Saxonum ('duke of the eastern Saxons') and 'Graf von Sachsen' from AD 844, following his father's death in 843. He was already a duke of Saxony and 'Margrave de Saxe-Orientale' (margrave of eastern Saxony) from 840 until about 850, and also graf of Wormsgau.
Ottonian dynasty was a dynasty of kings of Germany, named after its first emperor Otto I the Great. But it is also known as the Saxon dynasty after the origin of this family of noblemen. The family itself is also sometimes known as the Liudolfings, after its earliest known member Liudolf and one of its most common names.
Liudolf (c. 930 – 6 September 957 [1]), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was duke of Swabia from 950 until 954. His rebellion in 953/54 led to a major crisis of the rising German kingdom.
