Swanehilde of Saxony
Swanehilde of Saxony was Margravine of Meissen.
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Swanehilde was born between 945 and 955 as a daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of the Billung March and Oda.
In 970, she married Thietmar I Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue:
- Gero II, Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in battle against the Poles.
After Thietmar's death she remarried Ekkehard I who was murdered on 30 April 1002 in Pöhlde. They had seven children:
- Liutgard, married Margrave Werner of the Northern March
- Herman I, Margrave of Meissen, married Regelinda, daughter of King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
- Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen, married Uta, sister of Count Esico of Ballenstedt
- Gunther, Archbishop of Salzburg
- Eilward, Bishop of Meissen
- Matilda, married Dietrich II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
- Oda, married King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland
Swanehilde died on 26 November 1014. She was buried in the monastery of Jena and reburied after 1028 in the Church of St. George in Naumburg.
