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Wulfhilde of Saxony
Henry IX of Bavaria and Wulfhild of Saxony
Duchesses consort of Bavaria
Born1072
Died29 December 1126
Weingarten Abbey
Burial
Weingarten Abbey
SpouseHenry IX, Duke of Bavaria
IssueHenry X, Duke of Bavaria
Conrad of Bavaria
Sophia of Bavaria
Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia
Matilda
Welf VI
Wulfhilde
HouseBillung
FatherMagnus, Duke of Saxony
MotherSophia of Hungary

Wulfhilde Billung of Saxony (1072 – 29 December 1126) was the eldest daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and his wife, Sophia of Hungary.

In about 1095 she married Duke Henry IX of Bavaria.[1] As a result of this marriage, part of the Billung possessions came into the hands of the House of Guelph. They had the following children:

  • Henry X[1]
  • Conrad (died: 17 March 1126 in Bari, buried in Molfetta), a Cistercian monk and saint
  • Sophia
    Wulfhild and her daughter Sophia in a fresco in Weingarten Abbey
  • Judith[1]
  • Matilda (d. 1138), married Margrave Diephold IV of Vohburg (d. 1130) and Count Gebhard III of Sulzbach (d. 1188)
  • Welf VI
  • Wulfhilde, married Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (d. 1160)

Wulfhilde died in 1126 and was buried at Weingarten Abbey.

  1. ^ a b c Luscombe & Riley-Smith 2006, p. 755.

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