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Birth:          ABT  851 of Saxony
Death:          30 Nov  912 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Duke_of_Saxony
Otto (or Oddo) (c.?851 – 30 November 912), called the Illustrious (der Erlauchte) by 
later authors, was the Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death.

He was father of Henry the Fowler and grandfather of Otto the Great. He also was 
father-in-law of Zwentibold, Carolingian King of Lotharingia.

Life[edit]

He was the younger son of Duke Liudolf of Saxony and his wife Oda of Billung, and 
succeeded his brother Bruno as duke after the latter's death in battle in 880.[1] His 
family, named after his father, is called the Liudolfing, after the accession of his 
grandson Emperor Otto I also the Ottonian dynasty.

By a charter of King Louis the Younger to Gandersheim Abbey dated 26 January 877, 
the pago Suththuringa (region of South Thuringia) is described as in comitatu Ottonis 
(in Otto's county). In a charter of 28 January 897, Otto is described as marchio and 
the pago Eichesfelden (Eichsfeld) is now found to be within his county (march). He 
was also the lay abbot of Hersfeld Abbey in 908. He was described as magni ducis 
Oddonis (great duke Otto) by Widukind of Corvey when describing the marriage of his 
sister, Liutgard, to King Louis.

Otto rarely left Saxony. He was a regional prince and his overlords, Louis the Younger 
and Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia, with both of whom he was on good terms, rarely 
interfered in Saxony. In Saxony, Otto was king in practice and he established himself 
as tributary ruler over the neighbouring Slav tribes, such as the Daleminzi.

According to Widukind of Corvey, Otto was offered the kingship of East Francia after 
the death of Louis the Child in 911, but did not accept it on account of his advanced 
age, instead suggesting Conrad of Franconia. The truthfulness of this report is 
considered doubtful.[2]

Otto's wife was Hathui of Babenberg (Hedwiga, †903), daughter of Henry of Franconia. 
Otto was and is buried in the church of Gandersheim Abbey. He had two sons, 
Thankmar and Liudolf, who predeceased him, but his third son Henry succeeded him 
as duke of Saxony and was later elected king. His daughter Oda married the 
Carolingian King Zwentibold of Lotharingia.

Parents
____ Liudolf ( 806 - 11 Mar  866)
BILLUNG Oda (ABT  810 - )

Siblings
OF SAXONY Liutgard (ABT  845 - 17 Nov  885)
OF SAXONY Oda (ABT  850 - AFT  874)
____ Otto "the Illustrious" "the Grand" (ABT  851 - 30 Nov  912)

Marriage To ____ Hedwige (Hathui) (ABT  855 - 24 Dec  903)
    m.  869 

Notes


Children by ____ Hedwige (Hathui) ABT  855 - 24 Dec  903
____ Henry (Heinrich) I "the Fowler" ( 876 - 2 Jul  936)
OF SAXONY Oda ( 877 - AFT  952)
OF SAXONY Liudolf (ABT  878 - )

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