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Birth:          ABT  780 Saxony

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 Liudolfing House, 
was also a Billung.

In the 10th century, the property of the family was centered in the Bardengau around 
Lüneburg and they controlled the march named after them. In the middle of the 10th 
century, when the Saxon dukes of the House of Liudolfing had also become German 
kings, King Otto the Great entrusted more and more of his ducal authority to Hermann 
Billung. For five generations, the House of Billung ruled the Duchy of Saxony.

The house submerged into the Welf and Ascania dynasties when Duke Magnus died in 
1106 without sons; the family's property was divided between his two daughters. His 
daughter Wulfhilde married Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, a member of the House of 
Welf; his daughter Eilika married Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, a member of the House of 
Ascania. As a consequence, for the following decades control of Saxony was 
contested between the Welfs and Ascanians.

The Billung dukes of Saxony were:
Hermann, died 973
Bernard I, died 1011
Bernard II, died 1059
Ordulf, died 1072
Magnus, died 1106


Marriage To ____ Aeda (ABT  784 - )
    m.  

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Children by ____ Aeda ABT  784 - 
BILLUNG Oda (ABT  810 - )

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