Liutgard Liudolfing (abt. 855 - 885)

Born about 0855 in Sachsen [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 30 Nov 0885 at about age 30 in Aschaffenburg [uncertain]

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Biography

Liutgard or Liutgardis is the daughter of Liudolf, Count or Duke of Eastern Saxony, and his wife Oda.^[1], ^[2]Liutgard's date of birth is unknown, but is often given as the late 840s but since what appears to be a first and only marriage took place about the mid 870s, a birth year in the mid to late 850s would seem more likely.

She married about 876^[1], and definitely before 4 January 877^[2], Louis or Ludwig III 'the Young', King of the East Franks and Lotharingia. Another source dates the marriage to before 29 November 874, but the primary source for this is unknown.^[3]

They had two children;

1. Ludwig (Hludowic), born circa 877, died in 879 (probably November that year), after accidentally falling from a window in the Palace at Frankfurt am Main;^[1], ^[2]
2. Hildegard, born circa 878-881^[1] (or perhaps 875-876)^[2], she was accused of treason for conspiring against her cousin Arnulf, King and Emperor in 895, and was sent to the Monastery of Chiemsee. Her lands were confiscated at this time, but restored to her in 899. The confiscation and return of these lands are mentioned in conjunction with a Graf Engildeo, and one theory is that he is her husband or other close family, but there is no proof for such a relationship.^[1]

Her husband died 20 January 882 and was buried at the Abbey of Lorsch^[1] and Luitgard died on 30 November 885 and was buried at Aschaffenburg.^[1], ^[4]. Secondary sources stating that she died 25 January^[1] or 17 November^[3] seem to have no foundation in primary sources.

Research Note

Liutgard is often credited as the wife of a Burchard, and the mother of either Burchard I or Burchard II, Duke of Swabia probably following a theory of Hansmartin Decker-Hauff, but there is no credible source for this theory.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Settipani, Christian & Van Kerrebrouck, Patrick, La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987: Premiere parte Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens, Volume 1, of Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, Villaneuve d'Ascq, 1993. pp.287-89.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cawley, Charles & Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Germany, Kings & Emperors: Chapter 1. Kings of the East Franks (Germany) 843-911, Carolingian Dynasty, version 3.1, 21 August 2015 (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/index.htm : viewed 05 June 2016).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Schwennicke, Detlev (ed.), Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue folge, Band I.1, Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Tafel 5 & 10
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Baldwin, Stewart, 'Liudolf: Count/duke of eastern Sachsen (Saxony), d. 865x6', updated 3 April 2011, in The Henry Project: The ancestors of king Henry II of England. (https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/liudo000.htm : viewed 13 Feb 2021)