Hadwig, wife of Otto

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Cawley estimates 850 - 855.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 24 December, probably 903.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin. Althoff (p. 374) gives 24 December 903.

Relationships

(possible) Father: Heinrich “von Babenburg” (died 886), marquis of Neustria.

This relationship is given by Beumann. Baldwin calls it “possible”, stating that there is good circumstantial evidence in favour of it.

Mother: unknown.

Baldwin discusses conjectures.

Spouse: Otto “der Erlauchte” (died 912), duke of Saxony.

This relationship is given by Giese and by Baldwin.

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 Baldwin.)

Thankmar.

Liudolf.

Heinrich I (died 2 July 936), king of Germany, married (1) Hatheburg, daughter of Erwin, count of Merseburg; married (2) Mathilde, daughter of count Dietrich.

Oda married (1) Zwentibold, king of Lorraine; married (2) count Gerhard.

References

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

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hadwig (Hathui, Haduwich)” in The Henry Project. (2011)

Beumann, Helmut. “Heinrich I.”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 307-310 [Onlinefassung].

Giese, Wolfgang. “Liudolfinger (Ludolfinger, seit Heinrich I./Otto I. auch Ottonen genannt)”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 14 (1985), S. 718-721 [Onlinefassung].

Steindorff. “Otto, Herzog von Sachsen”, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1887), S. 723-725 [Onlinefassung].