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‎Between Apr 1384 and 1399; Kinard Bere was recorded as "Elected 4 times as MP for Herefordshire"

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‎ Hidda of Merseburg‏‎ ¹⁾ Died ‎± 970 Jerusalem ¹⁾ Notes: Archbishop Gero was a brother of Thietmar of Meissen. Married/ Related to: ‎ Christian of Thuringia, Count in north Thuringia and Schwabengau‏‎ Died ‎± 950 Notes: Christian would seem to be a relative of Emperor Otto: "He had the body of Count Christian, as well as those of others among his familiars, interred next to the same church in which, while he still lived, he wished to have a burial place prepared for himself" Child: 1. ‎ Thietmar of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen‏‎ ²⁾ Born ‎± 925 Died ‎3 Aug 979‎, approximately 54 years

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1) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Gero’s holy mother, Hidda, went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem and took ill there... Hidda’s devoted companions buried their mistress, following her blessed death". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 25 (Data from secondary evidence)
2) 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)