Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia

Liudolf
Margrave of Frisia
Count of Brunswick
Ceremonial Cross for Liudolf of Brunswick, commissioned by his wife shortly after his death in 1038
Born c. 1003
Died 23 April 1038 (aged 34–35)
Noble family Brunonen
Spouse(s) Gertrude of Egisheim
Issue
Father Bruno I, Count of Brunswick
Mother Gisela of Swabia

Liudolf of Brunswick (c. 1003 – 23 April 1038) was Margrave of Frisia, Count of Brunswick, Count in the Derlingau and the Gudingau.

Liudolf was a descendant of the Saxon family of the Brunonen. He was a son of Bruno I, Count of Brunswick, and Gisela of Swabia.[1] The later Roman Emperor Henry III was his half-brother. He married Gisela and had four children. He controlled the Frisian counties Oostergo, Zuidergo and Westergo. For two more generations the Brunonen family line inherited the title. How the Brunonen came to their position in the counties is not known. There is a theory that Liudolf took advantage of the reign of violence by the Counts of Holland in the part of Friesland between the Vlie and the Lauwers. Not much is known about his life. He died in 1038 and was succeeded by his son, Bruno II.

Family

Liudolf and Gertrude of Egisheim had the following children:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robert-Henri Bautier, Anne de Kiev, Reine de France, et la Politique Royale au XI E SIÈCLE: Étude Critique De La Documentation. Revue Des études Slaves 57, no. 4 (1985):544.

Bibliography

  • Halbertsma, Herrius (2000). Frieslands oudheid: het rijk van de Friese koningen, opkomst en ondergang [Frieslands antiquity, Realm of the Frisian kings, rise and fall] (in Dutch and English) (New ed.). Utrecht: Matrijs. ISBN 9789053451670.
  • Die familiären Verbindungen der Brunonen
  • Liudolf Graf von Braunschweig
  • Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7

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