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.
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.)
Bernhard II (after 990 - 29 June 1059), duke in Saxony, married Eilika von Schweinfurt.
Thietmar (died about 1 October 1048).
Godesdin (died shortly 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.
Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Berhard I. (Benno)” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 112.