Notes:

Burchard II (883/884 - 29 April 926) was the Hunfriding Duke of Swabia (from 917) and Count of Raetia. He was the son of Burchard I and Liutgard of Saxony.

Burchard took part in the early wars over Swabia. His family being from Franconia, he founded the monastery of St Margarethen in Waldkirch to extend his family's influence into the Rhineland. On his father's arrest and execution for high treason in 911, he and his wife, Regelinda, daughter of Count Eberhard I of Zürich, went to Italy: either banished by Count Erchanger or voluntarily exiling themselves to their relatives over the Alps. Around 913, Burchard returned from exile and took control over his father's property. In 915, he joined Erchanger and Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, in battle against the Magyars. Then Burchard and Erchanger turned on King Conrad I and, at the Battle of Wahlwies in the Hegau, defeated him. Erchanger was proclaimed duke.

After Erchanger was killed on 21 January 917, Burchard seized all his lands and was recognised universally as duke. In 919, King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy seized the county of Zürich and invaded the region of Konstanz, then the centre and practical capital of the Swabian duchy. At Winterthur, however, Rudolph was defeated by Burchard, who thus consolidated the duchy and forced on the king his own territorial claims. In that same year, he recognised the newly-elected king of Germany, Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony. Henry in turn gave Burchard rights of taxation and investiture of bishops and abbots in his duchy.

In 922, Burchard married his daughter Bertha to Rudolph and affirms the peace of three years prior. Burchard then accompanied Rudolph into Italy when he was elected king by opponents of the Emperor Berengar. In 924, the emperor died and Hugh of Arles was elected by his partisans to oppose Rudolph. Burchard attacked Novara, defended by the troops of Lambert, Archbishop of Milan. There he was killed, probably on April 29. His widow, Regelinda (d. 958), remarried to Burchard's successor, Herman I. She had given him five children:

Gisela (c. 905 - 26 October 923 or 925), abbess of Waldkirch
Hicha (c. 905 - 950)
Burchard III (c. 915 - 11 November 973), later duke of Swabia
Bertha (c. 907 - 2 January 961), married Rudolph II, King of Burgundy
Adalric (d. 973), monk in Einsiedeln Abbey

Burchard — Regelinda. Regelinda (daughter of Eberhard, I of Zürich) died 958. [Group Sheet]

1. Hicha of Swabia
2. Bertha of Swabia was born Abt 907; died 02 Jan 965/66.

Notes:

Burchard I (died 5 or 23 November 911) was the duke of Alamannia from 909 to his death and margrave of Rhaetia, as well as count in the Thurgau and Baar. Born between 855 and 860, he was the son of Adalbert II, count in the Thurgau. He himself married Liutgard of Saxony.

By 900, Burchard was already the most powerful man in Swabia. In 904, he was the administrator of the lands of the abbey of Lorsch in Swabia. He succeeded, around 909, Ruadulf (a Welf) as dux or marchio (duke or margrave) of Raetia Secunda (the borderlands of Rhaetia). Burchard entered into a conflict with the Count Palatine Erchanger and Bishop Solomon III of Constance, who were loyal to King Conrad I. Burchard was captured and charged with high treason. He was found guilty by the tribal council and executed, along with his brother, Adalbert III of Thurgau. His son, Burchard II, and daughter-in-law, Regelinda, left for Italy, either exiled or taking refuge. Their Rhaetian estates were lost, though later recovered. Burchard I's second son, Odalric, had already died young.

His daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909). Their children included Ulrich of Augsburg.

The state of Swabia relative to the other stem duchies was highly disorganized at the time of Burchard I and he was never duke in the sense of the later dukes. He is usually called such only to distinguish him as the most powerful man in the duchy and the forerunner of the later dukes: the first being Erchanger, proclaimed duke by the nobility, but not the king, in 915.

Burchard is the patrilineal ancestor of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which today includes Albert II of Belgium.

Burchard married Liutgard of Saxony 882. Liutgard (daughter of Liudolf, Duke of Saxony and Oda of Billung) was born Between 840 and 850; died 17 Nov 885. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Liutgard of Saxony (c. 845-17 November 885) was the wife and Queen of Louis the Younger, the Frankish King of Saxony and East Francia.

She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of Liudolf, Duke of the Eastern Saxons (b. 805-820, d. 12 March 866), and of Oda Billung (b. 805-806, d. 17 May 913).

She married Louis the Younger - who had already been betrothed to a daughter of Count Adalhard - on 29 November 874 at Aschaffenburg. They had two children: Louis (877-879) and Hildegard (c. 879-after 899), who became a nun in Chiemsee, Bavaria.

After her husband's death, she married in 882 Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (b. between 855 and 860 - d. 5 November 911). They had two children: Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (born 883-884, d. 28 April 926) and Udalrich von Schwaben (born between 884 and 885, died 30 September 885). Her daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909). Their children included Ulrich of Augsburg.

Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition.

Other Events:

• Death: 12 Mar 863/64
• Name:

Notes:

He gained the title of Graf von Sachsen. He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen. Ludolph Herzog von Sachsen also went by the nick-name of Ludolph 'the Great'.

Liudolf (born about 805, died 12 March 864 or 866) was a Saxon count, son of one count (Graf) Brun (Brunhart) and his wife Gisla von Verla ; later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons (dux orientalis Saxonum, probably since 850) and count of Eastphalia. Liudolf had extended possessions in eastern Saxony, and was a leader (dux) in the wars of King Louis the German against Normans and Slavs. The ruling Liudolfing House, also known as the Ottonian dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member.

He had six children:

Brun
Otto the Illustrious, father of Henry the Fowler
Liutgard married King Louis the Younger in 874.
Hathumoda, became an abbess
Gerberga, became an abbess
Christina, became an abbess

In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife traveled to Rome in order to ask Pope Sergius II for permission to found a house of secular canonesses, duly established at their proprietary church in Brunshausen around 852, and moved in 881 to form Gandersheim Abbey. Liudolf's minor daughter Hathumod became the first abbess.

Liudolf is buried in Brunshausen.

Liudolf (born about 805, died 12 March 864 or 866) was a Saxon count, son of one count (Graf) Brun (Brunhart) and his wife Gisla von Verla ; later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons (dux orientalis Saxonum, probably since 850) and count of Eastphalia. Liudolf had extended possessions in eastern Saxony, and was a leader (dux) in the wars of King Louis the German against Normans and Slavs. The ruling Liudolfing House, also known as the Ottonian dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member.

Before 830 Liudolf married Oda, daughter of a Frankish princeps named Billung and his wife Aeda. Oda died on 17 May 913, supposedly at the age of 107.

They had six children:

Brun
Otto the Illustrious, father of Henry the Fowler
Liutgard married King Louis the Younger in 874.
Hathumoda, became an abbess
Gerberga, became an abbess
Christina, became an abbess

By marrying a Frankish nobleman's daughter, Liudolf followed suggestions set forth by Charlemagne about ensuring the integrity of the Frankish Empire in the aftermath of the Saxon Wars through marriage.

In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife traveled to Rome in order to ask Pope Sergius II for permission to found a house of secular canonesses, duly established at their proprietary church in Brunshausen around 852, and moved in 881 to form Gandersheim Abbey. Liudolf's minor daughter Hathumod became the first abbess.

Liudolf is buried in Brunshausen.

Liudolf — Oda of Billung. Oda (daughter of Billung and Aeda) was born Abt 805; died 17 May 913. [Group Sheet]

Count — Gisla von Verla. [Group Sheet]

— Aeda. [Group Sheet]