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Birth:          ABT  945 
Death:          26 Nov 1014 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanehilde_of_Saxony
Swanehilde of Saxony (also Suanehild, Suanhild, Swanhild, Schwanhild or Billung,[1] 
born between 945 and 955, died 26 November 1014[2]) was Margravine of Meissen (r. 
970-979 and before 1000-1014).

Life[edit]

Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of 
Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.[3]

In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following 
issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in 
battle against the Poles.

After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in 
Pöhlde. They had seven children:
1.Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
2.Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King 
Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland
3.Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count 
Esico of Ballenstedt
4.Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
5.Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
6.Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
7.Oda (d. after 1018), married King Boleslaw I Chrobry of Poland

Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and 
reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.

Parents
BILLUNG OF SAXONY Hermann (ABT  902 - 27 Mar  973)
OF WESTERBOURG Hildegarde (Hildegardis) (ABT  907 - )

Siblings
OF SAXONY Maud (Mathilde) (ABT  943 - 25 May 1008)
____ Swanhilde (ABT  945 - 26 Nov 1014)
BILLUNG Bernard (Benno) I (ABT  950 - 9 Feb 1011)

Marriage To ____ Dietmar (Thietmar) I (ABT  925 - 3 Aug  979)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Christian (ABT  900 - ABT  950)
____ Hidda (ABT  900 -  970)

Children by ____ Dietmar (Thietmar) I ABT  925 - 3 Aug  979
____ Gero (ABT  962 - 1 Sep 1015)

Marriage To ____ Ekkhard I (ABT  960 - 30 Apr 1002)
    m. ABT  979 

Notes

Parents
VON MERSEBURG Gunter (ABT  930 - 13 Jul  982)
____ Daubravka (ABT  931 -  977)

Children by ____ Ekkhard I ABT  960 - 30 Apr 1002
VON MEISSEN Mathilda (ABT  980 - )

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