Billung
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- Family.name
- Billung
- Family.type
- Dynasty
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- Hermann Billung.jpg
- Family.image_caption
- Hermann Billung
- Family.region
- Saxony
- Family.founded
- 9th century
- Family.founder
- Count Wichmann the Elder
- Family.dissolution
- 12th century
- Family.other_families
- Welf and Ascania dynasties
- Family.estate
- Billung March
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The House of Billung was a dynasty of Saxon noblemen in the 9th through 12th centuries.
The first known member of the house was Count Wichmann, mentioned as a Billung in 811. Oda, the wife of Count Liudolf, oldest known member of the Liudolfing House, was also a Billung as was Matilda of Ringelheim.
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Otto I the Great
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House of Welf
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Duchy of Saxony
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House of Ascania
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Matilda of Ringelheim
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Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria
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Bernard II
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Liudolf
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Ordulf
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Bernard I
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Hermann Billung
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Billung March
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