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Suanhilde Billung

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Suanhilde Billung

Birth
Germany
Death
28 Nov 1014 (aged 68–69)
Burial
Naumburg, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Add to Map
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Initially buried in the Monastery of Jena; reburied after 1028 in St. George in Naumburg.
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Suanhilde was born between 945 and 955, and died November 28, 1014. She was the daughter of Hermann Billung and his first wife Countess Oda.
Suanhilde first married in 970 Thietmar I (died after 979) Margrave of Meissen.
Suanhilde and Thietmar had a son named Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.
She married next before 1000 Ekkehard I (murdered April 30, 1002 in Pöhlde). He became Margrave of Meissen in 992.
They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Both Suanhilde and Ekehard was first buried in the monastery of Jena, they were reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg
Suanhilde was born between 945 and 955, and died November 28, 1014. She was the daughter of Hermann Billung and his first wife Countess Oda.
Suanhilde first married in 970 Thietmar I (died after 979) Margrave of Meissen.
Suanhilde and Thietmar had a son named Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.
She married next before 1000 Ekkehard I (murdered April 30, 1002 in Pöhlde). He became Margrave of Meissen in 992.
They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boles³aw I Chrobry of Poland
Both Suanhilde and Ekehard was first buried in the monastery of Jena, they were reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg


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