Lothar II (874-929),

Count of Stade The Counts of Stade were members of the Saxony nobility beginning in the 10th century. Stade had developed since the 8th century as a principal center of trade and communications. The Counts of Stade created their domain between the lower Elbe and ...

, son of Lothar I, Count of Stade, and Oda of Saxony, daughter of

Liudolf, Duke of Saxony Liudolf ( – 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 ...

. Lothar was the great-grandfather of

Thietmar of Merseburg Thietmar (also Dietmar or Dithmar; 25 July 9751 December 1018), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynas ...

, and is frequently confused in genealogical sources with Thietmar’s other great-grandfather of the same name who was Count of Walbeck. Lothar died fighting the Slavs in the Battle of Lenzen, as did

Lothar I, Count of Walbeck Lothar I (c. 902–929), Counts of Walbeck, Count of Walbeck, of unknown parentage. Lothar was the great-grandfather of Thietmar of Merseburg, and is frequently confused in genealogical sources with Thietmar's other great-grandfather of the same ...

.Rosik, Stanisław. ''The Slavic Religion in the Light of 11th- and 12th-Century German Chronicles'', Brill, 2020, p. 39
Thietmar describes his great-grandfathers (called Liuthar in his Chronicon), as “distinguished men, the best of warriors, of illustrious lineage, and the honour and solace of the homeland.” Lothar married Swanhild of Saxony and had four children: *

Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade Henry I the Bald (died 11 May 976) was the Counts of Stade, Count of Stade. He was the son of Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Swanhild of Saxony. Henry is recorded as a cousin of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, but their exact relationship remains a my ...

* Gerburg von Stade *

Siegfried I, Count of Stade Siegfried I (b. before 929, d. after 961), Count of Stade, son of Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Swanhild of Saxony, brother of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. After the death of their father, Lothar, in the Battle of Lenzen, Stade was ruled ...

Upon his death, Lothar was succeeded as Count of Stade by Wichmann I the Elder.

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Warner, David A., ''Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001 Leyser, Karl, ''Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours 900-1250'', The Hambledon Press, London, 1982 Bury, J. B. (editor), ''The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 1922 874 births 929 deaths Counts of Stade German military personnel killed in action Saxon warriors 9th-century Saxon people 10th-century Saxon people 9th-century counts in Europe