Family
Swanhild of Billung Died 26 Nov 1014 1) Married 2) to: Ekkehard I of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen Born ± 960 Died 30 Apr 1002, approximately 42 years 3) Notes: Ekkehard and Swanhilde's eldest son was Herman. Child: |
2nd marriage Swanhild of Billung Married 2) to: Child: 1. Gero II of Lusatia, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark 4)Born ± 975 Died 1 Sep 1015, approximately 40 years |
Sources
1) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg " Fourteen days later, on 26 November, Werner’s mother-in-law, the lady Swanhild, died suddenly.". Reference: Book 7, Chapter 7 (Data from secondary evidence)2) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Ekkehard, scion of the most noble lineage of eastern Thuringia... along with his father,Gunther... he joined himself in marriage to Swanhild, widow of Count Thietmar and Duke Bernhard’s sister. As their first-born child, she presented him with a daughter, named Liudgard". Reference: Book 4, Chapter 39
3) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "With a strongly thrown javelin, Siegfried hit him in the neck and forced him to the ground. As soon as they realized that Ekkehard had fallen, all eagerly attacked, cutting off his head and, even more wretched, plundering his corpse. This was done on 30 April.". Reference: Book 5, Chapter 6 (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "He had the corpses of Margrave Gero... transported to Meissen... a tearful Count Herman took custody of the bodies... in the company of his brothers Gunther and Ekkehard... During the reign of Otto II, Archbishop Gero of Cologne and his brother, Margrave Thietmar, had founded an abbey there... Thietmar was Herman’sstepfather and the father of the dead margrave... Archbishop Gero commended the bodies to the earth and offered consolation to Gero’s lady, Adelheid, to his son, Thietmar". Reference: Book 7, Chapter 22 (Data from secondary evidence)