Eilika of Schweinfurt (c. 1005 – after 10 December 1059) was Duchess consort of Saxony.
She came from a
Bavarian noble family as the daughter of Margrave
Henry of Schweinfurt
Henry of Schweinfurt (''de Suinvorde''; – 18 September 1017) was the Margrave of the Nordgau from 994 until 1004. He was called the "glory of eastern Franconia" by his own cousin, the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg.
Henry was the son of ...
and
Gerberga of Gleiberg
Gerberga of Gleiberg (c. 970 – aft. 1036) was a daughter of Herbert of Wetterau and Irmtrud of Avalgau (957 – 1020).
She married Henry of Schweinfurt and had the following children:
*Otto III, Duke of Swabia
* Eilika of Schweinfurt (c ...
(970 – aft. 1036).
Around 1020, Eilika married
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and was mother of:
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* Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (1022 – 1072)
*Herman (d. 1086)
* Gertrude (d. 1115), married ]Floris I, Count of Holland
Floris I (born c. 1017 in Vlaardingen – 28 June 1061) was count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061.
Floris was born in Vlaardingen. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis of Nordmark. Floris succeeded his brot ...
in 1050 and Robert I, Count of Flanders
Robert I ( – 13 October 1093), known as ''Robert the Frisian'', was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093. He was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and the younger brother of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. He usurped the countsh ...
in 1063
*Hedwig, married Engelbert I, Count of Spanheim Engelbert may refer to:
*Engelbert (name), including a list of people with the name
*Herr Engelbert Von Smallhausen, in the British sitcom Allo 'Allo!''
*Engelbert, Netherlands
Engelbert is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a par ...
(d. 1096)
*Ida (d. 31 Jul 1102), married Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Frederick of Luxembourg ( – 18 May 1065) was the ''advocatus'' of Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy from 1033, Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1046, ''advocatus'' of the Abbey of St Truiden from around 1060 or earlier. He was also lord of a large domain ...
(d. 1065) with the county of La Roche as a dowry, and Count Albert III of Namur
Albert III ( 1027 – 22 June 1102) was the Count of Namur from 1063 until his death. He was the son of Count Albert II and Regelinde of Verdun.
Although he was not formally a duke, Albert is considered to have played the role of an acting Duke ...
References
1000s births
1059 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
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