Dietrich of Ringelheim

Count of Ringelheim
Dietrich of Ringelheim
Pronunciation German: [ˈdiːtrɪç]
Born 858 to 867
Died 916 to 920
Residence Ringelheim, Westphalia, Germany

Dietrich, also known as Dietrich of Ringelheim, was a Saxon count of the Middle Ages.

Biography

Dietrich (Theodoric), sometimes called Dietrich of Ringelheim in later literature, was a medieval Saxon count in the German region of Westphalia. According to contemporary chronicles, his Immedinger family stemmed from the House of the Saxon duke Widukind. Dietrich was probably born in the second half of the 9th century, a few decades after the Saxons were brought under the control of Charlemagne's Frankish empire. His date of death remains uncertain, but might have been after the 910s according to the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters. According to genealogieonline, Dietrich died between 916 and 920.[1]

Dietrich was the father of Matilda, who married the duke of Saxony and later king of East Francia, Henry the Fowler.[2] Reinhild, his wife and the mother of Matilda, was of "royal Danish and Frisian blood".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Homs, George. "Dietrich (Theodoric) von Ringelheim (± 858-± 920) » Stamboom Homs » Genealogie Online". Genealogie Online. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  2. ↑ Althoff, Gerd (1990). "Mathilde". NDB Volume 16 (in German). Historische Kommission, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW). p. 371.
  3. ↑ Rev. Baring-Gould, Sabine (1914). The lives of the saints. Edinburgh: John Grant. p. 260.


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