Immedingians

The Immedingians (German: Immedinger) were a noble family of medieval Saxony, descended from the Saxon leader Widukind. The most notable member was Saint Matilda (of Ringelheim; d. 968), queen consort of King Henry I of Germany.

== History == They were important benefactors of the church in tenth century Saxony with members including the Saint Emma of Lesum and her brother Bishop Meinwerk of Paderborn. Matilda's grandmother Matilda I was abbess at Herford Abbey. About 940 one Count Immad of the Immedinger dynasty established a convent of nuns at Ringelheim in Eastphalia. Queen Matilda herself upon the death of her husband in 936 donated Quedlinburg Abbey, where she is also buried.