Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia

Summary

Liudolf of Brunswick (c. 1003 – 23 April 1038) was Margrave of Frisia, Count of Brunswick, Count in the Derlingau and the Gudingau.

Liudolf
Margrave of Frisia
Count of Brunswick
Ceremonial Cross for Liudolf of Brunswick, commissioned by his wife shortly after his death in 1038
Bornc. 1003
Died23 April 1038 (aged 34–35)
Noble familyBrunonen
Spouse(s)Gertrude of Egisheim
IssueBrun II
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Matilda of Frisia
Ida of Elsdorf
FatherBruno I, Count of Brunswick
MotherGisela of Swabia

Liudolf was a descendant of the Saxon family of the Brunonen. He was a son of Bruno I, Count of Brunswick, and Gisela of Swabia.[1] After the death of his father, Liudolf's mother remarried several times, her last marriage was to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. Therefore, Holy Roman Emperor Henry III was his younger half-brother. Liudolf married Gertrude of Egisheim and had four children. He controlled the Frisian counties Oostergo, Zuidergo and Westergo. For two more generations the Brunonen family line inherited the title. How the Brunonen came to their position in the counties is not known. There is a theory that Liudolf took advantage of the reign of violence by the Counts of Holland in the part of Friesland between the Vlie and the Lauwers. Not much is known about his life. He died in 1038 and was succeeded by his son, Bruno II.

Family edit

Liudolf and Gertrude of Egisheim had the following children:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Robert-Henri Bautier, Anne de Kiev, Reine de France, et la Politique Royale au XI E SIÈCLE: Étude Critique De La Documentation. Revue Des études Slaves 57, no. 4 (1985):544.
  2. ^ Szabolcs de Vajay. "Agatha, Mother St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland", in Duquesne Review, vol. 7, no. 2 (Spring 1962), pp. 71–80.

Bibliography edit

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