Oda

Events

Date of Birth: about 806.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin, who notes that her recorded age at death, 107, is consistent with other known information about her and her descendants. However, it is also possible that it was somewhat exaggerated. Glocker (p. 254) gives a date of 805 or 806.

Date of Death: 913, possibly on 17 May.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin. Glocker (p. 254) gives 17 May 913.

Place of Burial: Gandersheim.

The place is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Billung.

This relationship is given by Steindorff, by Glocker (pp. 254-257), and by Baldwin, who discusses a conjecture about Billung’s parents.

Mother: Aeda.

This relationship is given by Steindorff, by Glocker (pp. 254-257), and by Baldwin, who discusses conjectures about Aeda’s parents.

Spouse: Liudolf (died 865 or 866), “dux Orientalium Saxonum”.

This relationship is given by Giesen and by Baldwin. Glocker (pp. 254-257) estimates the marriage to have taken place between about 825 and 835.

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.)

Bruno (died 2 February 880), duke of Saxony.

Otto “der Erlauchte” (about 840 - 29 November 912), duke of Saxony, married Hadwig.

Hathumod (about 840 - 29 November 874), abbess of Gandersheim.

Liutgard (died 30 November 885) married Ludwig III, king of Saxony.

Enda.

Gerberga (died 5 September, 896 or 897), abbess of Gandersheim.

Christina (died 1 April 919), abbess of Gandersheim.

a son who became a monk.

Thankmar (probably died young).

2 more sons who died young.

a daughter who died young.

(probably) 2 daughters who went into religion.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Oda” in The Henry Project. (2011)

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

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Steindorff. “Liudolf”, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1884), S. 5-6 [Onlinefassung].