Events
Date of Birth: about 1035-1040.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Wolf.
Relationships
Father: Konrad, count of Haldensleben
This relationship is given by Jackman (p. 50) and Wolf.
Mother: uncertain.
Wolf proposes that she was a daughter of Liudolf of Brunswick, margrave in Friesland, and his wife Gertrud of Egisheim. Jackman (p. 50) gives her parents as Bruno, count of Brunswick and Gisela. Jackman notes that she is recorded as a neptis of Emperor Henry III, which makes her very likely to have been affiliated in some way with the house of Brunswick.
Spouse: Frederick of Formbach
This relationship is given by Jackman (p. 50) and by Wolf.
Spouse: Ordulf, duke in Saxony
This relationship is given by Fenske.
Children (by Frederick):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Hedwig married (1) Gerhard of Süpplingenburg; married (2) Thierry II, duke of Lorraine.
Children (by Ordulf):
Bernhard (born 1072).
References
Fenske, Lutz, "Ordulf Billung" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 19 (1999), S. 583 [Online-Version]; URL:
https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd142776386.html#ndbcontent
Hiebl, Manfred. Genealogie Mittelalter. Website, accessed 25 September 2025.
Jackman, Donald. “A Greco-Roman Onomastic Fund” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 14-56.
Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.