- Liutgard
Liutgard of Saxony (c. 845–
17 November ,885 ) was the wife and Queen ofLouis the Younger , the Frankish King of Saxony and East Francia.She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of Liudolf, Duke of the Eastern Saxons (b. 805–820, d. 12 March 866), and of Oda Billung (b. 805–806, d.17 May 913).
Her paternal grandparents were Bruno, Count of Saxony and Lord of Herzfeld (c. 786–before 844), and Oda (born c. 788). Her maternal grandparents were Billung of Thuringia (born c. 780) and Aeda of the Franks (born c. 784).
She married Louis the Younger - who had already been betrothed to a daughter of Count Adalhard - on 29 November 874 at
Aschaffenburg . They had two children: Louis (877–879) and Hildegard (c. 879–after 899), who became a nun in Chiemsee, Bavaria.After her husband's death, she married in 882
Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (b. between 855 and 860, d. 5 November 911). They had two children:Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (born 883–884, d. 28 April 926) and Udalrich von Schwaben (born between 884 and 885, died 30 September 885). [ [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p313.htm#i18199 R. B. Stewart, "My Lines:Liutgard von Sachsen"] ] Her daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) marriedHupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909). [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIA.htm#BurkhardIdied911 Profile of Burchard I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Their children includedUlrich of Augsburg . [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HupaldDillingendied909 Profile of Hupald and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition. She was responsible for encouraging her husband to pursue notable goals.
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