Ludolph, Duke of Saxony

805 - 864  (59 years)

• Name	Ludolph
  Nickname	the Great
  Birth	About 805  [3]
  General Information	He was also the Count in East Saxony and the Lord of Herzfeld.  [1]
  Title(s)	852 (47 years)
  In 852 he became the Duke of Saxony.
  Religion	say 860 (55 years)
  He founded the cloister of Brunshausen.
  Death	6 Sep 864  [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 6 Sep 864	Bornhausen, Seesen, Lower Saxony Germany Bornhausen is a district of Seesen   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bruno I, Lord of Brunisbergeby-Hoxter   d. After 775  (Great Grandfather)  Oda  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3113	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth year as 816. [1]

  
  

Father	Bruno, Duke of Saxony,   b. About 786   d. Before 844 (Age 57 years)
Mother	Oda
Family ID	F2511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Oda   d. After 874
Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1, 2, 4]
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
+   1. Otto, Duke of Saxony and Count in South Thuringia,   b. Between 835 and 845   d. 12 Nov 912 (Age 77 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Hedwige, Princess of Bavaria  m. 869 +   2. Oda of Saxony   d. After 874  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Lothar, Count of Stade +   3. Count Bruno,   b. 835 to 840   d. 880 (Age 45 years)
Family ID	F2508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	1 Dec 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ludolph, Duke of Saxony(805 – 864) 2Bruno, Duke of Saxony(786 – 844) 4Bruno, Count in Saxon-Engen(756 – 813) 8Bruno I, Lord of Brunisbergeby-Hoxter( – 775) 16 17 9daughter of Asseburg 18Dietrich, War Leader of Eastphalia 19 5Hasalda 10Widukind, Duke of Westphalian Saxons( – 807) 20Warnechin, Count of Engern 21Kunhilde of Rugen 11Geva 22Eysteinn "Fret" Halfdansson, King of Vestfold(736 – ) 23Hildi Eiriksdatter 3Oda 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - Aft 6 Sep 864 - Bornhausen, Seesen, Lower Saxony Germany  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1851] Wolf, Armin. "Who was Agatha, the Ancestress of Scottish and English Kings?", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2011). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947).