Swanhild

Events

Date of Birth: about 945 or 950.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 26 November 1014.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Althoff (p. 424).

Place of Burial: Kloster Jena, transferred in 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche.

The place is given by Cawley.

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. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

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).

Cawley, Charles. “SCHWANEHILDE” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Schlesinger, Walter. “Ekkehard I.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959) S. 430 f. [Onlinefassung].