Events
Date of Birth: about 950.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 26 November 1014.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Althoff (p. 424).
Relationships
Father: Hermann “Billung”, duke of Saxony.
This relationship is given by Schlesinger and by Althoff (p. 424).
Mother: uncertain.
It is unclear whether the mother of Swanhild was Hermann’s first or second wife.
Spouse: Markgraf Thietmar.
This relationship is given by Althoff (p. 424).
Spouse: Ekkehard I, margrave of Meißen.
This relationship is given by Schlesinger and by Althoff (p. 424).
Children (by Thietmar):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Gero (died 1 September 1015), Markgraf, married Adelheid.
Children (by Ekkehard):
Liutgard married Werner, margrave of the Nordmark.
Hermann (died 1038), margrave, married Regelinda of Poland.
Ekkehard II (died 24 January 1046), margrave.
Günther (1 November 1025).
Eilward (died 24 November 1023), bishop of Meißen.
Mathilde married Dietrich, count in Eilenburg.
Oda (died 1025), married Bolesław I Chrobry, prince of Poland.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
Schlesinger, Walter. “Ekkehard I.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959) S. 430 f. [Onlinefassung].