- 947-953: Duchess of Lorraine
- Progenitor for Salian dynasty
Liutgarde von Sachsen was born 932 to Otto I von Sachsen (912-973) and Eadgyth of Wessex (910-946) and died 18 November 953 Mainz of unspecified causes. She married Conrad the Red (c922-955) 947 JL .
Biography
Liutgarde of Saxony (932 – 18 November 953), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duchess of Lorraine from 947 until her death by her marriage with Duke Conrad the Red. She and Conrad became progenitors of the Salian dynasty.
Liutgarde was the only daughter of King Otto I von Sachsen (912-973) from his first marriage with Edith of England, half-sister of King Æthelstan. To build closer ties to the Salian dynasty, King Otto in 947 married her off to Conrad the Red,[1] whom he had installed as Duke of Lorraine three years before. The marriage was not particularly happy. Around 950 Liutgarde gave birth to a son, Otto of Worms. Her husband accompanied the king on his Italian campaign in 951; however, he fell out with Otto over the agreements made with King Berengar II.
Liutgarde died at Mainz in 953, where Conrad the Red had joined the rebellion of her elder brother Duke Liudolf of Swabia and Archbishop Frederick. She was buried in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz Next year, Duke Conrad finally submitted himself to the authority of King Otto and remained a loyal supporter; he died at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld. Liutgarde's brother Liudolf died two years later, while on campaign in Italy.
Upon the death of Emperor Otto in 973, the Empire passed through his second wife Adelaide of Italy to their son Otto II. In turn, Liudolf's son Otto I was vested with the Duchy of Swabia, while Liutgarde's son Otto of Worms succeeded as Duke of Carinthia in 978. Upon the death of Emperor Otto III in 1002, Otto of Worms also appeared as a candidate in the royal election but renounced in favour of the Ottonian duke Henry IV of Bavaria, a grandson of Emperor Otto I's brother Duke Henry I. After Henry's death, Liutgarde's great-grandson Conrad II was elected King of the Romans, the first of the Salian dynasty.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Otto von Worms (?-1004) | 948 | 4 November 1004 | Judith von Bayern (?-991) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Liutgarde von Sachsen (932-953) | 932 | 18 November 953 Mainz | Conrad the Red (c922-955) |
| Liudolf von Sachsen (930-957) | 930 | 6 September 937 Pombia | Ida von Schwaben (?-?) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Reginlint von Sachsen (c950-) | Konrad von Schwaben (c930-997) | ||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William of Mainz (929-968) | |||
See Also
- Luigarde von Sachsen
- Frederick Barbarossa Family Ancestry
- House of Hohenstaufen
- Holy Roman Emporer
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Salian dynasty
- Ottonian dynasty
Bibliography
- Widukind (of Corvey) (2014). Deeds of the Saxons. The Catholic University of America Press.
- Prutz, Hans (1905). The Age of Charlemagne. VIII. Lea Brothers & Company.
- Wolfram, Herwig (2015). "Conrad II (990-1039), the First Medieval Emperor of Three Kingdoms". In Halfond, Gregory I.. The Medieval Way of War: Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
- Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages, 800-1056. Longman Group UK Unlimited.
- Schutz, Herbert (2010). The Medieval Empire in Central Europe: Dynastic Continuity in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Realm, 900–1300. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 41–70. ISBN 978-1-4438-1966-4.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Liutgard of Saxony (died 953)
- Liutgarde von Sachsen at thePeerage
- Liutgard of Saxony (died 953), Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Liutgarde-da-Germania/6000000002311622834, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Ancestry of Kings of Germany, fmg.ac, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm, retrieved 22 June 2023
Royal Succession Chart
Liutgarde von Sachsen (932-953) Born: 932 Died: 18 November 953
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German royalty
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| Preceded by ? |
Duchess of Lorraine 947–953 |
Succeeded by Beatrice of Paris (from 959) |
References
- ^ Reuter 1991, p. 154.
Footnotes (including sources)
| ‡ General |