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Hermann Billung

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Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the Margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. [1]

71 relations: Adela of Flanders, Adela of Hamaland, Adele of Vermandois, Amelinghausen, Ardennes-Verdun dynasty, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Bertha of Holland, Billung, Billung March, Bruno (bishop of Verden), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, County of Metz, County of Verdun, Duchy of Saxony, Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, Eilward, Emma of Lesum, Ename, Frederick, Count of Verdun, Gero, Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine, Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, Henry II, Count of Louvain, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Herman (name), Herman I, Margrave of Meissen, Herman, Count of Verdun, Hermann (name), Hermannsburg, History of Saxony, Judith of Flanders (died 1095), List of bishops, prince-bishops, and administrators of Verden, List of countesses of Flanders by marriage, List of marches, List of margravines of Meissen, List of rulers of Saxony, List of Saxon consorts, List of state leaders in 955, List of state leaders in the 10th century, Lutici, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, March 27, ..., Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders, Mstivoj, Nail Men, Nako (Obotrite prince), Oda of Meissen, Oldendorf (Celle district), Ostsiedlung, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Pomerania during the Early Middle Ages, Robert II, Count of Flanders, Saxon Eastern March, Swanehilde of Saxony, Swanhild, Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen, Timeline of German history, Vilain XIIII, Wendish Crusade, Wichmann the Elder, Wichmann the Younger, Widukind of Corvey, 973. Expand index (21 more) »

Adela of Flanders

Adela of Flanders (c. 1064 – April 1115), was Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess consort of Apulia by marriage to Duke Roger Borsa, and then minor regent of Apulia from 1111 to 1115 as mother and guardian of Duke William II.

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Adela of Hamaland

Adela of Hamaland (also Adela of Elten) (952- died after 1021), was sovereign countess of Hamaland in the Netherlands in 973-1021.

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Adele of Vermandois

Adele of Vermandois (bef. 915–960) was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders (934–960).

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Amelinghausen

Amelinghausen is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Ardennes-Verdun dynasty

The Ardennes-Verdun dynasty was one of the first documented medieval European noble families, centered on Verdun.

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Arnulf I, Count of Flanders

Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 – 27 March 965), called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northern France (Nord), northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands.

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Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

Arnulf II of Flanders (960 or 961 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.

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Baldwin III, Count of Flanders

Baldwin III The Young of Flanders (–962) was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders (an area that is now northern France, northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands), together with his father Arnulf I (c. 890 – 965).

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Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders

Baldwin IV (980 – 30 May 1035), called the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 987.

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Bernard I, Duke of Saxony

Bernard I (c. 950 – 9 February 1011) was the Duke of Saxony between 973 and 1011, the second of the Billung dynasty, a son of Duke Herman and Oda.

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Bertha of Holland

Bertha of Holland (1055 – 15 October 1094), also known as Berthe or Bertha of Frisia and erroneously as Berta or Bertrada, was queen consort of the Franks from 1072 until 1092, as the first wife of King Philip I. Bertha's marriage to the king in 1072 was a result of peace negotiations between him and her stepfather, Count Robert the Frisian of Flanders.

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Billung

The House of Billung was a dynasty of Saxon noblemen in the 9th through 12th centuries.

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Billung March

The Billung March (Billunger Mark) or March of the Billungs (Mark der Billunger) was a frontier region of the far northeastern Duchy of Saxony in the 10th century.

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Bruno (bishop of Verden)

Bruno (920-26 January 976), son of Wichmann the Elder and his wife Frederuna, sister of Queen Matilda, wife of Henry the Fowler, served as a Bishop of Verden.

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Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

Conrad II (4 June 1039), also known as and, was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039.

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Conrad, Margrave of Meissen

Conrad I (– 5 February 1157), called the Great (Konrad der Große), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156.

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County of Metz

The County of Metz originated from the frankish Metzgau.

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County of Verdun

The County of Verdun was a medieval county in the Duchy of Lower Lorraine.

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Duchy of Saxony

The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.

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Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen

Eckard I (Ekkehard;Rarely Ekkard or Eckhard. Contemporary Latin variants to his name include Ekkihardus, Eggihardus, Eggihartus, Heckihardus, Egihhartus, and Ekgihardus. – 30 April 1002) was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death.

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Eilward

Eilward (also noted as Agilward, Elvart, Eilbart, Erward, Ediward, Eduard, Hildeward or Hildebert; d. 24 November 1023), a member of the Saxon noble house of the Ekkehardiner, was Bishop of Meissen from 1016 to 1023.

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Emma of Lesum

Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (ca. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly venerated as a saint for her good works; she is also the first female inhabitant of Bremen to be known by name.

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Ename

Ename is a Belgian village in the Flemish province of East Flanders.

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Frederick, Count of Verdun

Frederick (Frédéric) (ca. 970-6 January 1022), Count of Verdun (988-1022), Count of Castres (1000-1022), and Provost of Saint-Vaast, was part of the Ardennes-Verdun dynasty.

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Gero

Gero I (c. 900 – 20 May 965), called the Great (Latin magnus),Thompson, 486.

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Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

Gero II (c. 975 – 1 September 1015 at Krosno Odrzańskie) was the eldest son of Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen, and Schwanehilde (Suanhild), daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.

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Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine

Gertrude of Flanders (c. 1070–1117), was a Countess of Louvain and Landgravine of Brabant by marriage to Henry III, Count of Leuven, and a Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine.

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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun

Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the count of Verdun from 963 to his death.

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Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine

Gothelo (or Gozelo) (– 19 April 1044), called the Great, was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 and of Upper Lorraine from 1033.

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Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade

Henry I the Bald (died 11 May 976) was Count of Stade.

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Henry II, Count of Louvain

Henry II (German: Heinrich, Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri) was Count of Louvain (Leuven) from 1054 through 1071 (?).

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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry II (Heinrich II; Enrico II) (6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014 until his death in 1024 and the last member of the Ottonian dynasty of Emperors as he had no children.

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Herman (name)

Herman is masculine given name, from an ancient Germanic name consisting of the elements harja- "army" and mann- "man".

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Herman I, Margrave of Meissen

Herman I (Hermann; – 1 November 1038) was Margrave of Meissen from 1009 until his death.

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Herman, Count of Verdun

Herman of Ename (d. 28 May 1029), Count of Verdun (1022-1024) and Count of Brabant, was part of the Ardennes-Verdun dynasty.

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Hermann (name)

Hermann or Herrmann is the German origin of the given name Herman.

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Hermannsburg

Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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History of Saxony

The history of Saxony consists of what was originally a small tribe living on the North Sea between the Elbe and Eider River in the present Holstein.

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Judith of Flanders (died 1095)

Judith of Flanders (1030-35 to 5 March 1095) was, by her successive marriages to Tostig Godwinson and Welf I, Countess of Northumbria and Duchess of Bavaria.

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List of bishops, prince-bishops, and administrators of Verden

This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Verden (Bistum Verden), a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Mentz, who were simultaneously rulers of princely rank (prince-bishop) in the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (Hochstift Verden; est. 1180 and secularised in 1648), a state of imperial immediacy within the Holy Roman Empire.

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List of countesses of Flanders by marriage

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List of marches

This is a list of European medieval marches.

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List of margravines of Meissen

The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire.

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List of rulers of Saxony

This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918.

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List of Saxon consorts

This is a list of the Duchesses, Electresses and Queens of Saxony; the consorts of the Duke of Saxony and its successor states; including the Electorate of Saxony, the Kingdom of Saxony, the House of Ascania, Albertine, and the Ernestine Saxony.

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List of state leaders in 955

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List of state leaders in the 10th century

;State leaders in the 9th century – State leaders in the 11th century – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 10th century (901–1000) AD.

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Lutici

The Lutici (known by various spelling variants) were a federation of West Slavic Polabian tribes, who between the 10th and 12th centuries lived in what is now northeastern Germany.

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Magnus, Duke of Saxony

Magnus (– 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106.

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March 27

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Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders

Matilda of Saxony (born c. 935-942, died 25 May 1008) was duchess of Saxony, countess of Saxony, princess of Saxony, and countess of Flanders.

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Mstivoj

Mstivoj (935? - 995) was an Obodrite prince (princeps Winulorum) from 965 or 967 until his death.

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Nail Men

Nail Men or Men of Nails (Nagelmänner) were a form of propaganda and fundraising for members of the armed forces and their dependents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire in World War I. They consisted of wooden statues (usually of knights in armour) into which nails were driven, either iron (black), or coloured silver or gold, in exchange for donations of different amounts.

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Nako (Obotrite prince)

Nako, Nakon, Nakko, or Nacco (flourished 954 – ca. 966) was an Obotrite leader who, along with his brother Stoigniew, led the forces of a Slavic confederacy in a revolt against the Germans, especially Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony.

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Oda of Meissen

Oda of Meissen (Oda Miśnieńska, Oda von Meißen; b. ca. 996 – d. aft. 1025), was a German noblewoman member of the Ekkehardiner dynasty and by marriage firstly Duchess and later the first Queen of Poland.

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Oldendorf (Celle district)

Oldendorf (meaning: "old village") is a village in the municipality of Südheide in the northern part of Celle district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Ostsiedlung

Ostsiedlung (literally east settling), in English called the German eastward expansion, was the medieval eastward migration and settlement of Germanic-speaking peoples from the Holy Roman Empire, especially its southern and western portions, into less-populated regions of Central Europe, parts of west Eastern Europe, and the Baltics.

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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (Otto der Große, Ottone il Grande), was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973.

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Pomerania during the Early Middle Ages

Pomerania during the Early Middle Ages covers the History of Pomerania from the 7th to the 11th centuries.

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Robert II, Count of Flanders

Robert II (c. 1065 – 5 October 1111) was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111.

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Saxon Eastern March

The Saxon Eastern March (Sächsische Ostmark) was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century.

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Swanehilde of Saxony

Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung, born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 970-979 and before 1000-1014).

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Swanhild

Swanhild or Svanhild may refer to.

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Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen

Thietmar (II) (– 3 August 979) was Margrave of Meissen from about 976 until his death.

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Timeline of German history

This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states.

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Vilain XIIII

Vilain and Vilain XIIII (sometimes written with the more standard Roman numerals Vilain XIV) is a Belgian family of nobility.

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Wendish Crusade

The Wendish Crusade (Wendenkreuzzug) was a military campaign in 1147, one of the Northern Crusades and a part of the Second Crusade, led primarily by the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire and directed against the Polabian Slavs (or "Wends").

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Wichmann the Elder

Wichmann I the Elder (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (died 23 April 944) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung.

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Wichmann the Younger

Wichmann II the Younger (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (about 930 - 22 September 967) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung.

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Widukind of Corvey

Widukind of Corvey (c. 925after 973) was a medieval Saxon chronicler.

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973

Year 973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Billung

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