Third Generation  

4. Duke Otto I von SACHSEN of Saxony [123971] (Duchess Oda von BILLUNG of Saxony², Brunhart of Saxony (Count [Graf])¹) was born on 23 Nov 836 in Herzogtum Lauenburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany and died on 30 Nov 912 in Herzogtum Lauenburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany at age 76.

Otto married Duchess Hedwig von BABENBERG of Saxony [123972]. Hedwig was born between 850 and 855 in Bamberg Bavaria Germany and died on 21 Dec 903 in Herzogtum Lauenburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Hedwig,
Hedwiga (also known as Hathui; c. 850/55 \endash 24 December 903), was Duchess of Saxony from about 880 until her death, by her marriage with the Liudolfing duke Otto the Illustrious. She is the mother of King Henry the Fowler.

Her parentage is not clearly stated in any contemporary source. One probable conjecture is that she was the daughter of Henry of Franconia (d. 886), documented as a princeps militiae of the East Frankish king Louis the Younger and dux of Austrasia under emperor Charles the Fat. Dux Henry died fighting against the Vikings during the Siege of Paris in West Francia.

Hedwiga married Otto (d. 912), a younger son of late Saxon count Liudolf. Her husband's family had already achieved a dominating position in the stem duchy of Saxony; Otto's sister Liutgard was married to King Louis the Younger about the same time. With the support of his brother-in-law King Louis the Younger, Otto succeeded as head of the Liudolfing dynasty and heir of the Saxon estates, when his elder brother Bruno was killed fighting against the Vikings in the 880 Battle of Lüneburg Heath. Hedwiga's husband remained a loyal supporter of the Carolingian dynasty, while he rose to the position of a Saxon duke (Herzog).

Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: at Babenburg Castle, Bet 950 and 955, Bamberg Bavaria Germany.

Children from this marriage were:

   14    i. Thankmar von SACHSEN [123973] was born about 870 in Stammesherzogtum Saxony Germany and died before 30 Nov 912 in Stammesherzogtum Saxony Germany.

+ 15    ii. King Heirich I von SACHSEN of Germany [123964] was born in 876 in Ostenfrankenreich [currently Burgenlandkreis] Sachsen-Anhalt Germany and died on 2 Jul 936 in Ostenfrankenreich [currently Burgenlandkreis] Sachsen-Anhalt Germany at age 60.

   16    iii. Liudolf von SACHSEN [123974] was born in 876 in Wittenberg Saxony Germany and died before 30 Nov 912 in Saxony Germany.

   17    iv. Queen Oda von SACHSEN of Lorraine & East Francia [123975] was born in 877 in Thuringia Germany and died after 2 Jul 952 in Germany.

   18    v. Mechtild von SACHSEN [123976] was born about 890 in Germany and died in Cleve Rhineland Palitinate Germany.

   19    vi. Abbess Luitgard von SACHSEN of Gandersheim [123977] .

   20    vii. Irminburg von SACHSEN [123978] died before 936.