Liudolf ( c. 805/820 – 11/12 March 866) was a Carolingian office bearer and count in the Duchy of Saxony from about 844 until his death in 866. The ruling Liudolfing house, also known as the Ottonian dynasty , is named after him; he is its oldest verified member.
5-421: Liudolf may refer to: Liudolf, Duke of Saxony (c. 805–c. 864) Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930–957) Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia (c. 1003–1038) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-533: A Frankish nobleman's daughter, Liudolf followed suggestions set forth by Charlemagne about ensuring the integrity of the Carolingian Empire in the aftermath of the Saxon Wars through marriage. Oda died on 17 May 913, supposedly at the age of 107. They had at least seven children: In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife went on a pilgrimage to Rome , and upon approval by Pope Sergius II they founded
15-532: A house of holy canonesses dedicated to Popes Anastasius I and Innocent I around 852. The monastery, duly established at their proprietary church in Brunshausen, was consecrated by the Hildesheim bishop Altfrid and Liudolf's minor daughter Hathumoda became its first abbess . The convent was relocated in 881 to form Gandersheim Abbey , elevated to an Imperial monastery by Liudolf's grandson Henry
20-478: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liudolf&oldid=1061073372 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liudolf, Duke of Saxony Liudolf was the son of a margrave ( German : Markgraf ) Bruno and his wife, Gisla. Liudolf had extended possessions in
25-754: The western Harz foothills and on the Leine river, he also served as a military leader (dux) in the wars of the East Frankish king Louis the German against Viking invasions, and the Polabian Slavs . Later authors called Liudolf a duke of the Eastern Saxons ( dux Orientalis Saxonum , probably since 850) and count of Eastphalia . About 830 Liudolf married Oda , daughter of a Frankish princeps named Billung and his wife Aeda. By marrying
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