Bernard II, duke in Saxony

Events

Date of Birth: after 990.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 29 June 1059.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Freytag and by Althoff (p. 379).

Place of Burial: Lüneburg, St Michael.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Bernhard I, duke in Saxony.

This relationship is given by Freytag.

Mother: Hildegarde von Stade.

This relationship is given by Freytag.

Spouse: Eilika von Schweinfurt. Married about 1020.

This relationship is given by Freytag.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Ordulf (about 1020 - 28 March 1072), duke in Saxony, married (1) in November 1042 Ulfhild Olavsdatter of Norway; married (2) Gertrud von Haldensleben.

Hermann (died 1086).

Gertrud (about 1028 - 4 August 1113) married (1) Floris I, count in Frisia; married (2) Robert I, count of Flanders.

(possibly) Ida (died 31 July 1102) married (1) Frederic II, duke of Lower Lorraine; married (2) Albert III, count of Namur.

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Cawley, Charles. “Bernhard” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Bernhard II.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 112.