Brun (Latin Bruno; born around 975, died around 1010), was Count in the
Derlingau, the
Nordthüringgau, the
Hastfalagau, the
Salzgau, the Gau
Gretinge, and the Gau
Mulbeze, with
Brunswick as his residence. Brun was a member of the
Brunones dynasty.
Brun's father is assumed to have been Count Liudolf (died 993). In 1002, Brun married
Gisela of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia ( 990 – 15 February 1043), was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third marriage with Emperor Conrad II. She was the mother of Emperor Henry III. She was regent of ...
, who later became wife of the Emperor. Their oldest son was
Liudolf (about 1003–1038).
In 990, Brun was a member of the
Saxon
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
army that supported
Mieszko I, Duke of Poland, against
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
Boleslaus II the Pious ( ; 932 – 7 February 999), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 972 until his death in 999.
Life and reign
Boleslaus was an elder son of Duke Boleslaus I the Cruel and brother of the three ot ...
, in
Silesia
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. Brun participated in the election for
King of the Romans
King of the Romans (; ) was the title used by the king of East Francia following his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024) onward.
The title originally referred to any German king between his election and coronatio ...
of 1002 (after the death of
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman emperor and King of Italy from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu.
Otto III was cro ...
) as a candidate and elector. When his own candidacy failed, he supported
Herman II, Duke of Swabia, whose daughter, Gisela, he married in the same year.
Notes
References
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* Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006,
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11th-century deaths
Counts of Brunswick
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