Liutgard of Saxony (died 885)
Liutgard of Saxony was Queen of the Franks from 876 until 882 by her marriage with King Louis the Younger.Biography
She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of the Saxon count Liudolf, a progenitor of the Ottonian dynasty, and his wife Oda of Billung.
Liutgard was especially noted for her strong will and political ambition, a reliable supporter of her husband. She is seen as a driving force behind King Louis' struggle with the West Frankish king Charles the Bald around the possession of Lotharingia, culminating in the 876 Battle of Andernach and ending in the final acquisition of the Lotharingian realm by the 880 Treaty of Ribemont.Marriages and issue
Before 29 November 874, Liutgard married the Carolingian ruler Louis the Younger, second son of King Louis the German, at Aschaffenburg, Franconia. They had two children:
After Louis' death, she married in 882 the Hunfriding duke Burchard I of Swabia. They had three children:
