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Birth:          ABT  845 
Death:          17 Nov  885 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liutgard_of_Saxony_(died_885)
Liutgard of Saxony (c. 845 – 17 November 885) was Queen of the Franks (East 
Frankish queen) from 876 until 882 by her marriage with King Louis the Younger.

Biography[edit]

She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of the Saxon count Liudolf 
(805/20–866), a progenitor of the Ottonian dynasty (Liudolfings), and his wife Oda of 
Billung (805/06–913).

Before 29 November 874, Liutgard married the Carolingian ruler Louis the Younger 
(830/835–882), second son of King Louis the German - whose first engagement with a 
daughter of the Frankish seneschal Adalard had been dissolved in 865 - at 
Aschaffenburg, Franconia. They had two children:
Louis (877–879), reportedly died after a fall from a window of the Imperial palace in 
Frankfurt
Hildegard (c. 879 – after 899), became a nun in Frauenchiemsee Abbey, Bavaria.

Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition, a reliable 
supporter of her husband. She is seen as a driving force behind King Louis' struggle 
with the West Frankish king Charles the Bald around the possession of Lotharingia, 
culminating in the 876 Battle of Andernach and ending in the final acquisition of the 
Lotharingian realm by the 880 Treaty of Ribemont.

After Louis' death, she married[citation needed] in 882 the Hunfriding duke Burchard I 
of Swabia (855/60–911). They had three children:
Burchard II (883/84–926), Duke of Swabia from 917
Udalrich (884/85–885)
Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga), married the Swabian count Hupald of 
Dillingen (d. 909),[1] mother of Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg.[2]

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 ____ Burchard I (ABT  865 - Nov  911)
    m.  882 

Notes

Parents
____ Adalbert "the Illustrious" (ABT  837 - Sep  915)
OF FRIULI Judith (ABT  845 - AFT  902)

Children by ____ Burchard I ABT  865 - Nov  911
____ Burchard II (ABT  885 - 29 Apr  926)

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