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Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony 1045–1106 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1045

Birth Location: Saxe, Germany

Death Date: 23 Aug 1106

Death Location: Lüneburger Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: Ordulf-II Saxony

Mother: Ulfhild Norway

Spouse(s): Sophia Saxony

Children(s): Wulfhilde (Saxony), Eilika (Saxony)

In 1045, Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony entered the world in Saxe, Germany, born to Ordulf Ii Of Saxony And Ulfhild Wulfhilda Olafsdatter Of Norway. Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony married Sophia Arpad Dynasty Of Hungary Countess Of Istria Carniola Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Eilika Billung De Saxe Saxony, Wulfhilde Billung De Saxe Saxony. Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1106 in Lüneburger Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1045, Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony entered the world in Saxe, Germany, born to Ordulf Ii Of Saxony And Ulfhild Wulfhilda Olafsdatter Of Norway.
  • Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony married Sophia Arpad Dynasty Of Hungary Countess Of Istria Carniola Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Eilika Billung De Saxe Saxony, Wulfhilde Billung De Saxe Saxony.
  • Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1106 in Lüneburger Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ordulf-II Saxony
1020–1072
Birth Location: Saxony, Germany
OS
Ulfhild Norway
1023–1071
Birth Location: Sarpsborg, Ostfold, Norway
UN

Spouses(s)

Sophia Saxony
1040–1095
Birth Location: Hungary
SS

Children(s)

Wulfhilde (Saxony)
1071–1127
Birth Location: Altdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
W(
Eilika (Saxony)
1080–1142
Birth Location: Kriechen, Sachsen, Germany
E(

Magnus Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Magnus Saxony
1045–1106
Birth Place: Saxe, Germany
Parents
Ordulf-II of Saxony
1020–1072
Saxony, Germany
Ulfhild ('Wulfhilda' Olafsdatter of) Norway
1023–1071
Sarpsborg, Ostfold, Norway
Grandparents
Ingigerd (Olafsdottir-Astrid, Grand) Duchess
1001–1050
Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden
Olaf Haraldsson
–1030
Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
Great-Grandparents
Olof Sweden
–1020
Estrid Sweden
–1035
Harald Vikings
Åsta Kula
–1020
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eric Sweden
Sigrid England
–1014
Mieceslas Obotrites
Sophia Sweden
Gudrød Bjørnsson
Cecilie Vestfold

Magnus Saxony's Descendants

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Magnus (I Billung, Duke of) Saxony (Abt. 1045–23 Aug 1106) m. Sophia (Árpád dynasty of Hungary, Countess of Istria & Carniola, Duchess of) Saxony (Abt 1040–18 Jun 1095)
  1. 1. Wulfhilde (Billung de Saxe) (Saxony) 1071–1127 m. Henry (IX "the Black" House of Guelph, Duke of) Bavaria 1074–1126
    1. 1. Duchess (Judith) Bayern 1103–1124 m. Frederich (II 'The One-Eyed' Hohenstaufen, Duke of) Schwaben 1090–1147
      1. 1. Frederick (I ( Friedrich) Barbarossa Hohenstaufen, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, 2nd) Crusade 1122–1190 m. Beatrice (Beatrix Bourgogne de) Macon 1143–1184
        1. 1. Philip (II Hohenstaufen of Schwaben; direct blood ancestor via FitzAlans-Sergeaux-de) Vere 1177–1208 m. Irene (Maria) Angelos 1184–1208
        2. 2. Beatrix Schwaben 1156–1227
        3. 3. Sophie (Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1161–1187 m. William (VII von) Montferrat 1174–1225
        4. 4. Friedrich (von Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1164–1190
        5. 5. Heinrich (Henry VI, Hohenstaufen Dynasty, Holy Roman) Emperor 1165–1197 m. Constance (House of Hauteville, Queen of Sicily,) Norman 1154–1198
        6. 6. Otto Bourgogne 1167–1200
        7. 7. Konrad (von Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1168–1196 m. Berenguela (De) Castilla 1180–
        8. 8. Wilhelm (von) Hohenstaufen 1176–1176
        9. 9. Agnes (Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1181–1184
      2. 2. Konrad (von Staufen,) Hohenstaufen 1134–1195
      3. 3. Bertha (of Hohenstaufen,) princess 1124–1195 m. Mathieu (I de Lorraine, French Nobility. Duke of Lorraine from 1139 until his) death 1115–1176
        1. 1. Frederick (I 'Ferry' de Lorraine,) Duc 1155–1206 m. Wierzchoslawa (Ludmilla van) Polen 1153–1211
        2. 2. Alix (de) Lorraine 1145–1200
        3. 3. Thierry (IV de Lorraine, Bishop of Metz from 1174 until) 1179 –1181
        4. 4. Simon (de) Lorraine –1206
        5. 5. Judith (de Lorraine\ of) Alsace 1148–1173
    2. 2. Henry (II of) Saxony 1108–1139 m. Gertrude (of) Supplingenburg 1115–1143
      1. 1. Henry (The Lion Welf dynasty (also Guelf or Guelph), Duke of Saxony, dispossessed of his duchies after the Battle of) Legnano 1129–1195 m. Matilda (Plantagenet, Duchess of) Saxony 1156–1189
        1. 1. Heinrich (V Welf dynasty von Braunschweig, Count Palatine of the) Rhine 1173–1227 m. Agnes (von) Staufen 1176–1207
        2. 2. Otto (IV House of Welf of Brunswick, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, of Italy & Burgundy, forced to abdicate & excommunicated 1215, 3rd Crusade, no) issue 1175–1218 m. Maria (von Brabant, Holy Roman) Empress 1190–1260 m. Elisabeth (Beatrice Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1202–1235
        3. 3. Wilhelm ('Longsword' Herzog von Sachsen-Lüneburg Herzog von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1184–
        4. 4. Mathilda (Richenza of Saxony House of) Welf 1172–1210 m. Heinrich ('Henry' Borwin II von Mecklenburg, Prince of Mecklenburg 1219-1226-Lord of Rostock-House of) Mecklenburg 1170–1226
  2. 2. Eilika (Billung, de Saxe) (Saxony) 1080–1142 m. Otto ("The Rich" House of Ascania, Count of) Ballenstedt 1073–1123
    1. 1. Albert (I 'The Bear' 'The Handsome' House of Ascania von Brandenburg, 1st Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of) Saxony 1100–1170 m. Sophie (von Winzenburg House of Formbach, 1st Margravine of) Brandenburg 1104–1160
      1. 1. Bernhard (III von Brandenburg House of Ascania, Duke of Saxony, Count of) Anhalt 1139–1212 m. Judith (Piast, Princess of Poland, Duchess of) Saxony 1154–1201 m. Sophia (Von) Thuringen 1157– m. Brigitte (Jutta Judith Knuddotter von Estridsson of Poland, Princess of) Denmark 1146–1199
        1. 1. John (Von Brandenburg, Provost in) Halberstadt 1175–1256
        2. 2. Albert (I von Brandenburg, Duke of Saxony & Angria & Westphalia, Lord of Nordalbingia, Count of Anhalt, Prince-elector & Archmarshal of Holy Roman) Empire 1175–1260
      2. 2. Otto (I von Brandenburg House of Ascania, Margrave of) Brandenburg-Salzwedel 1126–1184
      3. 3. Hedwig (von Brandenburg House of Ascania, Margravine of Brandenburg &) Meissen 1131–1203
      4. 4. Hermann (I von Brandenburg House of Ascania, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, Count of) Orlamünde 1127–1176
      5. 5. Siegfried (of Brandenburg House of Ascania, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Bishop of) Brandenburg 1132–1184
      6. 6. Heinrich (von Brandenburg, Canon of) Magdeburg 1133–1185
      7. 7. Albert (Von Brandenburg, Count of) Ballenstedt 1135–1172
      8. 8. Sophia (von Brandenburg House of Ascania, Lady of) Bohemia 1129–1178
      9. 9. Adelheid (von Brandenburg, Lady) nun 1130–1162
      10. 10. Gertrude (Sybylle von Brandenburg, Duchess of) Moravia 1144–1181
      11. 11. Sybilla (Von Brandenburg, Abbess of) Quedlinburg 1145–1170
    2. 2. Adelheid (House of Ascania, Margravine of Stade) Nordmark 1065–1110

Magnus Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1045
Abt. 1045
Birth of Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony in Saxe, Germany
Saxe, Germany
1106
23 Aug 1106
Age 61
Death of Magnus I Billung, Duke of Saxony in Artlemburg, Hannover, Preu En, Germany
Artlemburg, Hannover, Preu En, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1045
    Event Place: Saxe, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1106
    Event Place: Artlemburg, Hannover, Preu En, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Age:
    ABOUT 60-61

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lüneburger Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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