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Birth:          ABT  925 
Death:          3 Aug  979 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thietmar,_Margrave_of_Meissen
Thietmar (II) (c.?925 – 3 August 979) was Margrave of Meissen from about 976 until 
his death.

Life[edit]
Thietmar was the eldest of three brothers, all sons of Margrave Christian, count in the 
Saxon Eastern March, and his wife Hidda, sister of Margrave Gero the Great. His 
brothers were Archbishop Gero of Cologne and Margrave Odo of the Saxon Ostmark. 
Thietmar strengthened the ties with the mighty Billung dynasty by marrying Swanehilde 
(d. 1014), daughter of Margrave Hermann Billung, acting Duke of Saxony from 961. 
The couple had one son: Gero II, who in 993 would succeed Thietmar's brother Odo 
as Margrave of the Saxon Eastern March.

In 951, he was first recorded when he succeeded his father as margrave in the Gau 
Serimunt. Between 951 and 978, he was also count in the Saxon Schwabengau. After 
the death of his uncle Gero the Great in 965, Thietmar inherited large parts of whose 
vast Marca Geronis and upon the death of Margrave Wigbert (before 976) received 
the Margraviate of Meissen from the hands of Emperor Otto II.

On 29 August 970, Margrave Thietmar and his brother Gero of Cologne founded the 
abbey of Thankmarsfelde,[1] which between 971 and 975 became a royal monastery. 
It was moved to Nienburg at the confluence of the Saale and Bode rivers in 975. In 
the years which followed, Thietmar and Gero made further donations of land to the 
monastery,[2] where Thietmar is also buried.

Thietmar was succeeded by the Schwabengau count Rikdag. His widow Suanhild 
married Rikdag's successor Margrave Eckard I of Meissen.

Parents
____ Christian (ABT  900 - ABT  950)
____ Hidda (ABT  900 -  970)

Siblings
____ Dietmar (Thietmar) I (ABT  925 - 3 Aug  979)

Marriage To ____ Swanhilde (ABT  945 - 26 Nov 1014)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BILLUNG OF SAXONY Hermann (ABT  902 - 27 Mar  973)
OF WESTERBOURG Hildegarde (Hildegardis) (ABT  907 - )

Children by ____ Swanhilde ABT  945 - 26 Nov 1014
____ Gero (ABT  962 - 1 Sep 1015)

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