Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Cawley estimates 942.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 25 May 1009.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date and place are given by Baldwin. Althoff (p. 398) gives 25 May 1008.
Place of Burial: Ghent, St Pieter.
The place is given by Le Jan (p. 377).
Relationships
Father: Hermann “Billung”.
This relationship is given by Freytag, by Le Jan (p. 377), and by Baldwin.
(possible) Mother: Oda.
This relationship is given by Baldwin.
Spouse: Baldwin III of Flanders.
This relationship is given by Freytag, by Le Jan (p. 377), and by Baldwin.
Spouse: Gottfried, count of Verdun, count of Bidau, count of Methingau, marquis of Eename.
This relationship is given by Freytag, by Le Jan (p. 377), and by Baldwin.
Children (by Baldwin):
(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.)
Arnulf II, marquis of Flanders, married Rozala, daughter of Berengario II, king of Italy.
Children (by Gottfried):
Frédéric (died 6 January 1022), count of Verdun.
Adalbero (died 18 April 991), bishop de Verdun.
Hermann (died 28 May 1029), count of Eename, count of Brabant, married Mathilde.
Gottfried (died 27 September 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine.
Gozelo I (died 19 April 1044), duke of Lower Lorraine, duke of Upper Lorraine.
Ermengarde (died before 5 January 1043) married Otto von Hammerstein, count of Wetterau.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Mathilde von Sachsen” in The Henry Project.
Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Hermann Billung”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 640 f. [Onlinefassung].
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).