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Hermann Billung
Margrave of the Billung March
Reign
936–973
Successor
Bernard I (as Duke of Saxony)
Born
c. 900/912
Died
(973-03-27)27 March 973 Quedlinburg
Spouse
Oda Hildegarde of Westerburg
House
House of Billung
Father
Billung von Stubenskorn
Mother
Ermengarde of Nantes
Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. The first of the Saxon House of Billung, Hermann was a trusted lieutenant of Emperor Otto I.
Though never Duke of Saxony himself, while Otto (who was the enthroned duke of Saxony) was in Italy from 961 until 972, Hermann served as Otto's personal representative in governing Saxony. Towards the end of his life, Hermann was the effective duke in all but name.
Hermann died in 973, just two months before Otto's own death. Hermann's son Bernard I was named as the new duke of Saxony by Otto I's son Otto II.
HermannBillung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. The first of the Saxon House of Billung, Hermann...
entrusted more and more of his ducal authority to HermannBillung. For five generations, the House of Billung ruled the Duchy of Saxony. The house submerged...
margrave HermannBillung becomes the administrator of Saxony. Before his death he was in all but name the duke of Saxony. 973: HermannBillung dies in...
south of the Billungs. The Billung March was formed in 936, when Otto II, Duke of Saxony and King of East Francia, made HermannBillung princeps militiae...
of the Billungen, given to HermannBillung, later Duke of Saxony; and the Eastern march, given to Gero. In 961, when Billung became Duke of Saxony, his...
divided in two, half going to the monastery of Saint Michael founded by HermannBillung at Lüneburg, and half going to found the convent of Keminada (near...
October on the Upper Aller at the Ziegeninsel and is hosted by the HermannBillung Celle, Celler Ruderverein and Ruderclub Ernestinum-Hölty Celle rowing...
the frontier areas, later partly superseded by Otto's Saxon deputy HermannBillung. In 963, Gero in late age waged another military campaign against the...
in the lands of the Sorbs. Otto's lieutenants, Margraves Gero and HermannBillung, advanced eastward and northward respectively to claim tribute from...
Margrave HermannBillung, who had distinguished himself in the struggle with the Slavs, and the ducal title became hereditary in Count Hermann's family...
daughter of HermannBillung, was appointed bishop by Emperor Henry II. During his years in office his brother was Margrave of Meissen as Hermann I. Eduard...
Frankish nobleman 965 – Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (b. c. 890) 973 – HermannBillung, Frankish lieutenant (b. 900) 1045 – Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i, Fatimid...
settlement was derived from its likely founder, the Saxon margrave, HermannBillung, a vassal of Otto I, and the aforementioned castle or Burg. The foundation...
Mściwój. The Christian name of Mstivoj was Billung - baptised after his probable godfather HermannBillung. In 983, the brothers were leaders of the great...
and poet March 26 – Guntram (the Rich), Frankish nobleman March 27 – HermannBillung, Frankish nobleman May 7 – Otto I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire...
Flanders. (c. 940 – 962). Married Mathilde Billung of Saxony (c. 940 – 1008), daughter of HermannBillung, and had issue, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders...
another expedition in 1017, when HermannBillung commanded an army comprising several Lutician units, one of Billung's men threw a rock at an idol of a...
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