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Liudolf Duke of Saxony
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866
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Liudolf (d.866), Duke of the Saxons, is the founder-figure of the Liudolfing house from which the Ottonian emperors sprang. With his wife Oda he made a pilgrimage to Rome and brought home papal blessing; and relics; for the family abbey of Gandersheim, ruled by three of his daughters in succession. Great-grandfather of Otto the Great, he stands at the head of the Saxon imperial line, and of ours.
Research notes
LIUDOLF, Duke of SAXONY (c.805-866), eponym of the LIUDOLFINGS; father of Otto the Illustrious (our line). *** DOCUMENTED HEAD of the Saxon ducal house; origins above note-only. Direct ancestor.