Wichmann II

• Preferred Name: Wichmann II^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Billung vom Ambergau
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 21 APR 944 in died in battle in German Empire at LATI: N8.4608 LONG: E85.5405
  
• Birth: ABT 910 in Engen, Amt Engen, Seekreis, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire at LATI: N7.8516 LONG: E0.7688
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Engen
  
• FSID: LR6L-VSV
  
• Nickname:
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Graf in Bardengau in Sachsen
  En 938, Wichman se rebeló porque su hermano menor, Herman, había recibido un mando militar sobre los extremos septentrionales del ducado de Sajonia. Creía que tenía un derecho más fundado a ese cargo debido a que era mayor y por su Königsnähe (cercanía al rey), ya que estaba relacionado por matrimonio con la reina viuda Matilde. Se le unieron Eberardo de Franconia, y Thankmar, el medio hermano del rey Otón Otto I. La revuelta fue aplastada pronto. Thankmar murió ese mismo año en el que él y Eberardo llegaron a un acuerdo. Wichman se alió con algunos eslavos y guerreó contra sus antiguos compatriotas.1​ Se reconcilió con Otón en 941.
  
  === !BIRTH-MAR-DEATH: Medieval File, AF. ===
  !BIRTH-MAR-DEATH: Medieval File, AF.
  
  === Décès : 21 Février ou 23 Avril 944 en co ===
  Décès : 21 Février ou 23 Avril 944 en combattant
  
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  === #Générale# Décès : 21 Février ou 23 Avr ===
  #Générale# Décès : 21 Février ou 23 Avril 944 en combattant
  
  === Ancestral File Number: WQDX-ZJ NAME ===
  Ancestral File Number: WQDX-ZJ NAME Wichmann I Count In /SAXONY/
  
  === NAME Wichmann I Count In /SAXONY/ ===
  NAME Wichmann I Count In /SAXONY/
  
  === !Count of Engern, died in battle ===
  !Count of Engern, died in battle
  
  === !TITLE: Count In SAXONY
  From Ancestral F ===
  !TITLE: Count In SAXONY
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === PED. OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS. Acquired fro ===
  PED. OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS. Acquired from Roger W. Winget (Genealogy@Winget.com)
  
  === ! Wichmann I was killed in 944. ===
  ! Wichmann I was killed in 944.

• m. ABT 923 in Of, Mensleben, Saxony, Germany

1. Wichman van Hamaland IV, b. 925 in Gand, Flanders, Belgium     d. 979 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

1. Title: Wikipedia
   Author: Reuter, Timothy (6 June 2014). Germany in the Early Middle Ages c. 800-1056. Taylor & Francis. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-317-87238-2. Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928. Bernhardt, John W. Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, c. 936–1075. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichmann_the_Elder;
   Note: Wichmann II the Elder (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (died 23 April 944) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Herman, Duke of Saxony. Biography In 938, Wichmann rebelled because his younger brother Herman had been given military command of the northern reaches of the Duchy of Saxony. He believed that he had a better claim to the office by virtue of his seniority and his Königsnähe (closeness to the king), because he was related by marriage to the queen dowager Matilda. He was joined by Eberhard of Franconia, and Thankmar, the half-brother of King Otto I. The revolt was soon suppressed. Thankmar died the same year he and Eberhard came to terms. Wichmann allied with some Slavs and made war against his former compatriots.[1] He reconciled to Otto in 941. Personal life Wichmann married Frederuna (or Fridaruna), sister of Queen Matilda. She became a nun after her husband's death and died on 18 January 971. She left him at least three sons and a daughter: Wichmann II Bruno, Bishop of Verden Egbert the One-Eyed Hathui, married Siegfried, son of Gero the Great, possibly mother of Gero, Count of Alsleben. Wichmann and Frederuna may have been the parents of Dietrich, Margrave of the Nordmark.
   
2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Wichmann II, son of Billung
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#WichmanIdied944;
   Note: WICHMANN [II], son of BILLUNG & his wife --- (-23 Apr 944). Widukind names "Wichmanni fratris sui [=Herimannum]", when recording his rebellion against King Otto[260]. "Otto…rex" granted property "in pago Vnimoti in comitatu Wigmanni dua loca Vrlaha et Ottingha" for the foundation of Magdeburg by charter dated 11 Oct 937[261]. He rebelled against Otto I King of Germany in 938, dissatisfied that the king had given military command in Saxony to his brother Hermann, but made peace with the king later the same year[262]. The Annales Magdeburgenses record the reconciliation of "Wigmannus frater Hermanni Saxonis ducis" and the king in 941[263]. The necrology of Fulda records the death in 944 of "Wigman com"[264]. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "23 Apr" of "Wigmam com"[265]. m FREDERUNA, daughter of Graf THEODERICH [Immedinger] & his wife Reginlind --- (-18 Jan 971). Her origin is deduced from Thietmar referring to "Counts Wichmann and Ekbert…brothers" as sons of Emperor Otto I's maternal aunt[266], although he does not name their mother. A list of names in the Libri Confraternitatum Sancti Galli sets out (in order) "Thieterich, Reginhilt, *, Oto, Amalrat, Perectheid, Friderun, Pia", immediately after a list of family members of Heinrich I King of Germany and his wife, which no doubt refers to the latter's parents and sisters[267]. It is also possible that the wife of Wichmann [I] was the sister Bia, unless she can be identified as the mother of Friedrich (see above). The necrology of Fulda records the death "970 Id Jan" of "Fridarun comitissa [anc Christi]"[268], presumably showing that she became a nun before she died. Wichmann [II] & his wife had [four possible children]: 1. [WICHMANN [III] (-killed in battle 22 Sep 967) 2. [BRUNO ([920/25]-[26 Jan] 976). 3. [EKBERT [I] "der Einäugige" ([930/35]-4 Apr 994). 4. [HEDWIG [Hathui] (939-9 Jul 1014, bur Quedlinburg Klosterkirche).
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Wichmann I
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Wichmanndiedafter855;
   Note: WICHMANN [I] (-after 10 Nov 855). A charter dated to [850] records that "Meginfridus advocatus" recognised the rights of "Amalung comite et fratre suo Wicman" in "ecclesia de Kapungen"[208]. Graaf van Hamaland. "Folcherus" donated property "…in pago Hamulande in comitatu Wigmanni…" to Werden abbey by charter dated 10 Nov 855[209]. [same person as…? WICHMANN (-killed in battle in Saxony 2 Feb 880). The Annales Fuldenses name "Brun ducem et fratrem reinæ, Wicmannum, Bardonem, alterum Bardonem et tertium Bardonem, Thiotherium, Gerrichum, Liutolfum, Folcwartum, Avan, Thiotricum, Liutharium" as those killed in battle in 880 in Saxony against "Nordmannis"[210].] m IMMIHILT, daughter of ---. Her marriage is confirmed by the charter dated to [880/89] under which her son "Athelbert comes cum filio meo Billunc" donated property in "Mardachuson, Spielli et Wanhusen situm in pago Hassim" to Kloster Kaufungen, "ad consolationem progenitorum meorum Wigman et Immihilt"[211]. Wichmann & his wife had one child: a) ATHELBERT . "Athelbert comes cum filio meo Billunc" donated property in "Mardachuson, Spielli et Wanhusen situm in pago Hassim" to Kloster Kaufungen, "ad consolationem progenitorum meorum Wigman et Immihilt", at the request of "Alberat abbatisse et sororis Hemme filiarum…patrui mei Amalung", by charter dated to [880/89][212]. m ---. The name of Athelbert´s wife is not known. Athelbert & his wife had one child: i) BILLUNG . "Athelbert comes cum filio meo Billunc" donated property in "Mardachuson, Spielli et Wanhusen situm in pago Hassim" to Kloster Kaufungen, "ad consolationem progenitorum meorum Wigman et Immihilt", at the request of "Alberat abbatisse et sororis Hemme filiarum…patrui mei Amalung", by charter dated to [880/89][213].