Magnus, duke of Saxony

Events

Date of Birth: after 1042.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Fenske.

Date of Death: 23 August 1106.

Place of Death: Erthensburg.

The date is given by Althoff (p. 382) and by Fenske. 

Relationships

Father: Ordulf, duke of Saxony.

This relationship is given by Fenske.

Mother: Wulfhild of Norway.

This relationship is given by Fenske.

Spouse: Sophia of Hungary.

This relationship is given by Fenske and by Kristó and Makk.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Wulfhilde (about 1075 - 29 December 1126) married Henry IX “the Black”, duke of Bavaria.

Eilika (born about 1075 - 1080, died 16 January 1143) married Otto “the Rich”, count of Ballenstedt.

References

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

Fenske, Lutz. “Magnus” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987) S. 666 f. [Onlinefassung].

Kristó, Gyula and Ferenc Makk. Arpaden II genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Reindel, Kurt. “Heinrich IX. der Schwarze” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969) S. 343 [Onlinefassung].