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Mathilda de Ringelheim



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Father: Theodoric von Ringelheim, b. 851 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Angariens, Ostonfrankenreich (Present Germany)   d. 8 NOV 917 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Angariens, Ostenfrankenreich (present Germany)
Mother: Reginlind de Ringelsheim, b. ABT 875 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Angariens Ostenfrankenreich   

Family 1: Heinrich von Sachsen I the Fowler,    b. 7 JUL 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany    d. 2 JUL 936 in Memleben, Eckartsberga, Saxony, Germany
  1. Gerberga von Sachsen, b. 11 JUN 910 in Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany     d. 20 MAY 984 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
  2. Hedwig von Sachsen, b. 24 DEC 910 in Sachsen, Allemagne     d. 14 MAR 965 in La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
  3. Heinrich von Bayern II, b. 920 in Sachsen, Ostfränkisches Reich     d. 1 NOV 955 in Saxony, Germany
  4. Otto of saxony I Holy Roman Emperor, b. 23 NOV 912 in Wallhausen, Sangerhausen, Saxony, Germany     d. 7 MAY 973 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia
    Author: Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org : accessed 27 Aug 2020), Henry The Fowler;
    Note: Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (876 \\endash 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony,[1] and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg,[1] daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry\'s son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar\'s legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda,[1] daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. Family and childrenMain article: Ottonian dynastyGerman royal dynastiesOttonian dynastyChronologyHenry Itab919 \\endash 936Otto Itab936 \\endash 973Otto IItab973 \\endash 983Otto IIItab983 \\endash 1002Henry IItab1002 \\endash 1024FamilyOttonian dynasty family treeFamily tree of the German monarchsCategory:Ottonian dynastySuccessionPreceded by Conradine dynastyFollowed by Salian dynastyAs the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024.Numerous sources cited in article.Henry had two wives and at least six children. With Hatheburg: Thankmar (908\\endash 938) \\endash rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda: Hedwig (910\\endash 965) \\endash wife of West Francia\'s powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia Otto I (912\\endash 973)[1] \\endash Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex Gerberga (913\\endash 984) \\endash wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France Henry I (919\\endash 955) \\endash Duke of Bavaria Bruno (925\\endash 965) \\endash Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia
  2. Title: Mathilde - Medlands - FMG
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Theoderichdied917MReginlind;
  3. Title: Mathilde von Ringelheim, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-BKQW : 7 August 2020), Mathilde von Ringelheim, ; Burial, Quedlinburg, Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Stiftskirche Saint Servatius; citing record ID 14938869, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-BKQW;
  4. Title: Henry the Fowler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler#Family_and_children;
    Note: Family Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony,[2] and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg,[2] daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry's son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar's legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda,[2] daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024. Henry had two wives and at least six children: With Hatheburg:[2] Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda:[2] Hedwig (910–965)[2] – wife of West Francia's powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia Otto I (912–973)[2] – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex Gerberga (913–984)[2] – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria[12] Bruno (925–965)[2] – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia.
  5. Title: Hatheburg of Merseburg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatheburg_of_Merseburg;
    Note: Hatheburg (also Hatheburch) (* 876 in Merseburg; † on 21 June after 909) was a Frankish queen, the first wife of Henry the Fowler, later king of East Francia (Germany). After their marriage was dissolved, Hatheburg became abbess of a convent. Family Hatheburg was the daughter of Erwin of Mersburg, who possessed property in Hassegau and Friesenfeld. The name of Hatheburg's mother is Wendilgarde and her mother's sister, Hildegard, was married to Thietmar, Count of Merseburg, who was Henry the Fowler's military tutor (vir disciplinae militaris peritissmus). Erwin had no sons and Hatheburg and her sister were the heirs to his property. Life Hatheburg was married around 890, for the first time, to a man whose name is not known. She was widowed shortly afterwards, and entered a monastery where she took the veil. According to the chronicler Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg, "burning with youthful love", Henry wanted to marry Hatheburg because of "her beauty and the usefulness of her inherited wealth".[1] Hatheburg and Henry married in 906, and Henry gained control of Hathburg's inheritance.[2] Because Hatheburg had taken the veil, and the couple married without dispensation, their marriage was condemned by Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt.[3] The couple were threatened with excommunication at a church synod. According to Thietmar, Henry was "disturbed by such talk" and decided to approach the emperor, Conrad I of Germany for help.[4] Conrad ensured that the sentence of excommunication was deferred, and the couple remained married. Yet by 909, Henry began to burn "for the beauty and wealth" of another woman: Matilda of Ringelheim.[5] Henry declared his marriage to Hatheburg has been unlawful, due to her prior vows as a nun, and the couple separated. Hatheburg returned to the convent, where she became abbess, and Henry married Matilda.[6] Children Probably in 906 Hatheburg gave birth to Henry's son, Thankmar.[7] Because the validity of Hatheburg and Henry's marriage was questioned, so was Thankmar's legitimacy. Notes Warner, The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, I, ch. 5, p. 70. *906: Henry's marriage to Hatheburg, RI II,1 n. c, in: Regesta Imperii Online Waitz, Heinrich I., p. 316. Warner, The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, I, ch. 6, 71. Warner, The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, I, ch. 9, p. 74. 909: Henry's marriage to Matilda RI II,1 n. f. in Regesta Imperii Online Warner, The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, I, ch. 9, 74. References Gerd Althoff: Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung. Studien zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. Wilhelm Fink, München 1984, S. 350 Gerd Althoff: Die Ottonen. Königsherrschaft ohne Staat. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart/Berlin/Köln 2000. Mechthild Black-Veldtrup: Kaiserin Agnes (1043-1077). Quellenkritische Studien. Böhlau, Köln/Weimar/Wien 1995, S. 160–162. Ernst Ludwig Dümmler|Ernst Dümmler: Geschichte des Ostfränkischen Reiches. Duncker und Humblot, Berlin 1865. Winfrid Glocker: Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik. Böhlau, Köln/Wien 1989. Hagen Keller: Die Ottonen.C. H. Beck, München 2001, S. 24–26. Georg Waitz: Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reiches unter König Heinrich I. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1963, S. 15. 208. D.A. Warner, ed. and trans., Ottonian Germany. The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg (Manchester, 2001).
  6. Title: Hatheburg and Heinrich, King of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HatheburgM2HeinrichIGermany [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HatheburgM2HeinrichIGermany;
    Note: Hatheburg and Heinrich, King of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HatheburgM2HeinrichIGermany [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hatheburg and Heinrich, King of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HatheburgM2HeinrichIGermany [See document in the Memories section]
  7. Title: Mathilde von Ringelheim, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-BKQW : 7 August 2020), Mathilde von Ringelheim, ; Burial, Quedlinburg, Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Stiftskirche Saint Servatius; citing record ID 14938869, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-BKQW;
  8. Title: Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075 By John W. Bernhardt
    Author: Google books Pages 137, 246, 310
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=iIiloa3-AlIC&q=Hatheburg#v=snippet&q=Hatheburg&f=false;
    Note: Page 137 Identifies Henry I's 1st marriage to Hatheburg Page 246 identifies Hatheburg as the daughter of Count Erwin of Merseburg, and as the wife of Henry I Page 310 Genealogy chart identifies Hatheburg as the 1st wife of Henry I Page 368, Index, identifies Hatheburg as the first wife of Henry I (marriage repudiated)
  9. Title: Charles III and Louis IV, Kings of France, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LouisIVFranceB [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LouisIVFranceB;
    Note: Charles III and Louis IV, Kings of France, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LouisIVFranceB [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Charles III and Louis IV, Kings of France, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#LouisIVFranceB [See document in the Memories section]
  10. Title: Hatheburg in record of her son "Thankmar" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankmar;
    Note: Thankmar (or Tammo) (c. 908 – 28 July 938) was the eldest (and only) son of Henry I of Germany by his first wife, Hatheburg of Merseburg. His mother had been previously married and widowed, after which she entered a convent. Because she left the convent to marry Henry, her second marriage was considered invalid and the couple split. Thankmar's legitimacy was, therefore, in question. In 929, Henry I arranged for his succession and had the arrangement ratified by an assembly at Erfurt, just before his death. After his death, his lands and wealth were divided between his four sons: Thankmar, Otto, Henry, and Bruno.[1] Otto, however, was designated by his father to receive the crown. The only succession dispute was between Otto and his younger full brother Henry, who was kept under house arrest in Bavaria during Otto's coronation.[2] After the death of his cousin, Siegfried, Count of Merseburg (they were related in the maternal line), in 937, Thankmar claimed Merseburg.[3] Otto, however, appointed Gero, Siegfried's brother.[3] During this dispute, Eberhard of Franconia and Wichmann the Elder revolted against Otto and Thankmar joined them. Later, Thankmar was besieged in Eresburg. He was killed by a spear thrown through the window of the church of Saint Peter, while he was seeking refuge inside.[4] Notes Bernhardt, 3. Reuter, 149, based on Flodoard and Widukind of Corvey. Bernhardt, 18. Ernest F. Henderson, History of Germany in the Middle Ages, G. Bell & Sons, London, 1894, p.125. Sources Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991. Bernhardt, John W. Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, c. 936–1075. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
    Page: Identifies Hatheburg as the wife of Henry I of Germany and the mother of his oldest son Thankmar (AKA Tammo) born circa 908. Identifies her marriage to Henry as her 2nd marriage.
  11. Title: -
    Page: Heinrich I, King of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#HeinrichIGermanydied936B [See document in the Memories section]
  12. Title: Matilda of Ringelheim - Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim;
  13. Title: Giselbert I, Graf van Maasgau; Reginar I, Comte de Hainaut; Giselbert Duke of Lotharingia; and Gerberga of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#ReginarIdied915A
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/143151499;
    Note: Giselbert I, Graf van Maasgau; Reginar I, Comte de Hainaut; Giselbert Duke of Lotharingia; and Gerberga of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#ReginarIdied915A [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Giselbert I, Graf van Maasgau; Reginar I, Comte de Hainaut; Giselbert Duke of Lotharingia; and Gerberga of Germany in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#ReginarIdied915A
  14. Title: Wikipedia: Matilda of Ringelheim
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim;
  15. Title: Theoderic and Reginlind in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Mathildedied968 [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Mathildedied968;
    Note: Theoderic and Reginlind in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Mathildedied968 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Theoderic and Reginlind in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Mathildedied968 [See document in the Memories section]

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