Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony

851 - 912  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Otto the Illustrious   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Duke of Saxony
  Birth	Abt. 851	Saxony, Germany   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	2 Feb 880	Ebstorf, Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany   [5]
  	Battle of Lüneburg Heath
  Occupation	908  [5]
  	lay abbot of Hersfeld Abbey
  Title	Duke of Saxony  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Dux  [5]
  Death	30 Nov 912	Walhausen, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [3, 5]
  Burial	Gandersheim Abbey, Bad Gandersheim, Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany   [5]
  Person ID	I1387	Trastámara Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Liudolf of Saxony, Count of Saxony,   b. Abt. 805-820   d. 11/12 Mar 866 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Oda of Gandersheim,   b. Abt. 806   d. 17 May 913 (Age ~ 107 years)
  Family ID	F672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hedwig of Babenberg, Duchess of Saxony   d. 24 Dec 903
  Marriage	Abt. 873  [5]
  Children	1. Thankmar of Saxony   2. Liudolf of Saxony + 3. Henry the Fowler, King of East Francia,   b. Abt. 7 Jul 876, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany d. 2 Jul 936, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Age ~ 59 years)   4. Oda of Saxony
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S253] "Henry the Fowler," Wikipedia, last modified 10 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler. [S254] "Oda of Gandersheim," Wikipedia, last modified 24 Mar 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Gandersheim. [S255] "Liudolf of Saxony," Wikipedia, last modified 23 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudolf_of_Saxony. [S257] "Henry, Margrave of the Franks," Wikipedia, last modified 23 Apr 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry,_Margrave_of_the_Franks. [S258] "Otto the Illustrious," Wikipedia, last modified 17 Mar 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_the_Illustrious. [S259] "Hedwig of Babenberg," Wikipedia, last modified 22 Jul 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Babenberg.