S A X O N S

Related to Charlemagne

Ludolph

Ludolph, b. ca. 816; d. 6 Sept 864; m. Oda. Ludolph was the Duke of Saxony. Ludolph & Oda had a son:

Otto, the Illustrious

Otto, the Illustrious, son of Ludolph & Oda, b. ca. 836; d. 30 Nov 912; m. Hedwig, illeg. daughter of Arnulf, King of Germany & Oda of Bavaria, b. 24 Dec 903. Otto was the Duke of Saxony. Otto & Hedwig had a son:

Henry I, the Fowler

Henry I, the Fowler, son of Otto, the Illustrious & Hedwige, b. 876; d. 2 Jul 936, Memleben; m2nd to Mechtilde, daughter of Count Dietrich of Ringelheim.

Henry I, the Fowler was the Duke of Saxony. He earned his nickname, the Fowler, from his love of hunting fowl with a falcon. He reigned as King of the Saxons from 912 to 936. He was the founder of the 1st Dynasty of the kings of Medieval Germany.

Henry I, the Fowler & Mechtilde had a daughter:

A.       Hedwig of Saxony, m. Hugh Magnus SEE FRANCE & GERMANY

B.       Gerberga, m1st. Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine; m2nd Louis IV

Hedwig of Saxony

A. Hedwig, daughter of Henry I, the Fowler, King of the Saxons, m. Hugh Magnus, son of Robert I and Beatrix, d. Jun 956. Hugh Magnus was the Count of Paris. Hugh & Hedwig had a son:

Hugh Capet SEE FRANCE & GERMANY

Gerberga

B. Gerberga, daughter of Henry I & Mechtilde, m1st Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine, son of Régnier I & Hersent of France; m2nd Louis IV, d’Outr-Mer, son of Charles, the Simple & Eadgifu.

Giselbert & Gerberga had a daughter:

B1. Gerberga, m. Albert I, the Pious

Louis IV, d’Outr-Mer & Gerberga had a daughter

B2. Charles of Lorraine, b. 953; d. 994; m. bef. 979 to Adelheid (See French)