Everything about Billung totally explained
The House of
Billung was a
dynasty of
Saxon noblemen in the
9th through
12th centuries.
The first known member of the house was
Count Wichmann, mentioned as a Billung in
811.
Oda, the wife of Count
Liudolf, oldest known member of the
Liudolfing House, was also a Billung.
In the
10th century, the property of the family was centered in the
Bardengau around
Lüneburg and they controlled the
march named after them. In the middle of the 10th century, when the Saxon dukes of the House of
Liudolfing had also become German kings, King
Otto the Great entrusted more and more of his ducal authority to
Hermann Billung. For five generations, the House of Billung ruled the Duchy of Saxony.
The house became extinct when
Duke Magnus died in
1106 without sons; the family's property was divided between his two daughters. His daughter
Wulfhild married
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, a member of the House of
Welf; his daughter
Eilika married
Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, a member of the
Ascanian House. As a consequence, for the following decades control of Saxony was contested among Welfs and Ascanians.
The Billung dukes of Saxony were:
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