Bernhard I, duke in Saxony

Also known as Bernhard Billung and Benno.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 9 February 1011.

Place of Death: Corvey.

The date and place are given by Freytag. Althoff (p. 375) gives the date.

Place of Burial: Lüneburg, Sankt Michaelis.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Hermann “Billung”, duke in Saxony.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Baldwin.

Mother: uncertain.

Spouse: Hildegard von Stade (died 3 October 1011).

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Baldwin. Hildegard is said to be a daughter of Heinrich I, count of Stade.

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.)

Hermann (died young)

Bernhard II (after 990 - 29 June 1059), duke in Saxony, married Eilika von Schweinfurt.

Thietmar (died 1 October 1048).

Godesdin (died 30 June, after 1040).

References

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

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hermann "Billung"” in The Henry Project.

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

Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Berhard I. (Benno)” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 112.