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Swanehilde von Sachsen
- Preferred Name: Swanehilde von Sachsen[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Gender: F
- FSID: 9QG9-DXL
- Nickname:
- Birth: ABT 945 in Meißen, Saxony, Germany at LATI: N1.225 LONG: E3.5078
- Death: 26 NOV 1014 in Saxony, Germany
- Burial: in Stiftskirche, Lahr Schwarzwald, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany at LATI: N8.3388 LONG: E0.8762
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Life
Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
Liutgard (d. 1012), married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1038), married Regelinda, daughter of King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 24 January 1046), married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
Gunther (d. 1025), Archbishop of Salzburg
Eilward (d. 1023), Bishop of Meissen
Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
Oda (d. after 1018), married King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland.
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
Wikipedia - Swanehilde of Saxony
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#BernhardIdied1011A as of 4/28/2016
SCHWANEHILDE [Suanhild] ([945/50]-26 Nov 1014, bur Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche).
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=== !Princess of Saxony, Margravine of Meiss ===
!Princess of Saxony, Margravine of Meissen
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=== !TITLE: Also carried the title of MARGR ===
!TITLE: Also carried the title of MARGRAVINE OF MEISSEN
=== !GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral ===
!GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), The Churc h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987 , June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
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=== Suanehild was a princess of Saxony, and ===
Suanehild was a princess of Saxony, and a margravine of Meissen.
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!GENERAL:GEDCOM file imported on 24 Mar 2003., GEDCOM fil e imported on 24 Mar 2003.
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Also Margravine of Meissen.
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!From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996, gives title Margravine of Meissen
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=== !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== !BIRTH-DEATH-MAR: Medieval File and AF. ===
!BIRTH-DEATH-MAR: Medieval File and AF.
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== !ITLE: MARGRAVINE OF MEISSEN From Ancest ===
!ITLE: MARGRAVINE OF MEISSEN From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !Title: Princess of Saxony, Margravine o ===
!Title: Princess of Saxony, Margravine of Meissen. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== _P_CCINFO 1-14417 ===
_P_CCINFO 1-14417
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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
!NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R); ; Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
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=== !Swanhilde md 1) Dietman Margrave of Sax ===
!Swanhilde md 1) Dietman Margrave of Saxon East Mark and 2) Ekkehard I Margrave of Meissen abt 979.
=== !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pe ===
!GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 8415 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
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=== ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ===
ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== 2) Echard I Count de Meissen)/ ===
2) Echard I Count de Meissen)/
=== 1 Dietmar I/(de Lausitz) ===
1 Dietmar I/(de Lausitz)
=== Sources:
1. Title: Newsgroup: soc.ge ===
Sources:
1. Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
Page: Alan B. Wilson, 30 Dec 1998
2. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
Page: 19
=== Ancestral File Number: FHP9-27 ===
Ancestral File Number: FHP9-27
=== 17Feb1954/SL ===
17Feb1954/SL
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Hermann Billung von Sachsen, b. 912 in Westerburg, Halberstadt, Freistaat Sachsen, Allemania d. 27 de março de 0973 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Mother: Oda Hildegard von Westerburg, b. um 0920 in Westerburg, Halberstadt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany d. 15 MAR 973 in Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Family 1: Thietmar Margrave Of Meissen, b. BET 925 AND 930 in Meißen, Kreis Meißen, Sachsen, Deutschland d. AFT 3 AUG 979 in Mark, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen, Deutschland
- Gero Markgraf der Lausitz II, b. um 0965 in Niederlausitz, Germany d. 1 SEP 1015 in Niederlausitz, Germany
Family 2: Ekkehard von Meissen I, b. 30 APR 955 in Kreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany d. 30 APR 1002 in Pöhlde, Herzberg am Harz, Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
- m. AFT 979 in Saxony, HRR
- Mathilde von Meissen, b. 990 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany d. 2 FEB 1040 in Kreis Meißen, Saxony, Germany
Sources:
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - SCHWANEHILDE [Suanhild] ([945/50]-26 Nov 1014, bur Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche)
Author: FMG Projects/MedLands
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#Suanhildedied1014;
Note: SCHWANEHILDE [Suanhild] ([945/50]-26 Nov 1014, bur Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche). The Annalista Saxo names "domna Suanehildis" as daughter of "Herimanni ducis de Liuniburh", names her brothers "Bennonis ducis et Bernhardus et Liudigeri comitis et Machtildis comitisse" and her two husbands[247]. Her birth date range is estimated on the basis of her sister being born in [942] and Schwanehilde herself giving birth to seven children by her second husband. Thietmar records the marriage of Ekkehard and "Swanhild widow of Count Thietmar and Duke Bernhard's sister"[248]. Thietmar records the death of Suanhild 26 Nov 1014[249]. m firstly THIETMAR [III] Markgraf [der Ostmark], son of CHRISTIAN Graf im Nordthüring- und Schwabengau & his wife Hidda [der Ostmark] (-3 Aug after 979, bur Kloster Nienburg an der Saale). m secondly (before 1000) EKKEHARD [I] Markgraf von Meissen, son of GUNTHER Markgraf im Bischofstum Merseburg & his wife --- (-murdered Pöhlde 30 Apr 1002, bur Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche).
Page: Source record for SCHWANEHILDE [Suanhild] ([945/50]-26 Nov 1014, bur Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche).
- Title: Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#_Toc484586538 [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#_Toc484586538;
Note: Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#_Toc484586538 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#_Toc484586538 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Thietmar, Gero and Christian, Markgrafen, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#_Toc359847967 [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#_Toc359847967;
Note: Thietmar, Gero and Christian, Markgrafen, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#_Toc359847967 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Thietmar, Gero and Christian, Markgrafen, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#_Toc359847967 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Ekkehard, Gunther and Ekkehard, Markgraf [von Meissen], in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#EkkehardIMeissendied1002 [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#EkkehardIMeissendied1002;
Note: Ekkehard, Gunther and Ekkehard, Markgraf [von Meissen], in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#EkkehardIMeissendied1002 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Ekkehard, Gunther and Ekkehard, Markgraf [von Meissen], in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEISSEN.htm#EkkehardIMeissendied1002 [See document in the Memories section]
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