Wulfhilde Billung of Saxony (1072 – 29 December 1126 in
Weingarten Abbey) was the eldest daughter of
Magnus, Duke of Saxony
Magnus ( – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway, he was the last member of the House of Billung.
Rebellion
In 1070, before he was duke, he joined Otto of Nordheim, ...
and his wife,
Sophia of Hungary.
She married Duke
Henry IX of Bavaria. As a result of this marriage, part of the
Billung
The House of Billung was a dynasty of Saxon noblemen in the 9th through 12th centuries.
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 Liudol ...
possessions came into the hands of the
House of Guelph. They had the following children:
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Henry X
*
Conrad (died: 17 March 1126 in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ital ...
, buried in
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect.
History
The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are ...
), a
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...
monk and saint
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Sophia
*
Judith
* Matilda (d. 1138), married Margrave Diephold IV of Vohburg (d. 1130) and Count Gebhard III of Sulzbach (d. 1188)
*
Welf VI
* Wulfhilde, married
Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (d. 1160)
Wulfhilde died in 1126 and was buried at
Weingarten Abbey.
References
Sources
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1072 births
1126 deaths
House of Billung
Duchesses of Bavaria
11th-century Saxon people
12th-century Saxon people
Burials at Weingarten Abbey
11th-century German women
12th-century German women
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