SAXONS

Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy Parsons Smith

The following Saxon family information is included here for informational purposes.  It is not known exactly how this group connects to the Saxons that are related to Charlemagne .

Witigislaus

Witigislaus , d. 434.  He had:

Hengst/Hengist
Horsa/Horstus

Hengst or Hengist

Hengst or Hengist, son of Witigislaus , d. ca. 474-488.  Hengst was King of the Saxons .   He had:

Hadwaker

Hadwaker , son of Hengst, had:

Hattwigate

Hattwigate , son of Hadwaker , had:

Hulderic

Hulderic , son of Hattwigate , had:

Bodicus

Bodicus , son of Hulderic , had:

Berthold

Berthold , son of Bodicus , had:

Sighard

Sighard , son of Berthold , had:

Dietrich

Dietrich , son of Sighard ,  had:

Werneland

Werneland , son of Dietrich , had:

Wittekind

Wittekind , son of Werneland , had:

Wittekind , the Great

Wittekind , the Great , son of Wittekind, d. 807; m2nd Svatana, Duchess of Saxony .   Wittekind the Great was the  King of Saxony.  He was the made the first Duke of Saxony .  In 789, he warred with Charlemagne  who was able to defeat and conqueror him.  Wittekind the Great had:

Wittekind   II

Wittekind  II , son of Wittekind the Great, d. 825; m. Juliana or Yolantha , daughter of Theodoric , Count of Rochiltz.  Wittekind II was the Count of Wettin , near Halla.  Wittekind II &  Juliana had:

Ditgrem

Ditgrem , son of Wittekind  II  & Juliana, d. ca. 850; m. Bossena, Countess  of Rochiltz.  Ditgrem was the Count of Wettin  and Burgrave.  Ditgrem & Bossena had:

Dietrich  or Theodore

Dietrich  or Theodore , son of Ditgrem  & Bossena,  d. ca. 970; m. Judith , daughter of Dion , Count of  Merseburg.  Dietrich was the Count of Wettin.  Dietrich & Judith had:

Dedo II

Dedo II, son of Dietrich  & Judith , d. 1009; m. Titburga , daughter of Theodoric , Margrave of Brandenburg .  Dedo II was the Count of  Wettin.  Dedo II & Titburga had:

Dietric or Theodore II

Dietric or Theodore II , son of Dedo II, d.  1034; m. Matilda, daughter  of Echard, Margrave of Misnia or Meissen.  Dietric II, Count of Wettin and Landsberg.


SAXONS

Related to Charlemagne

Ludolph

Ludolph , b. ca. 816; d. 6 Sept 864; m. Oda.  Ludolph  was the Duke of Saxony .  Ludolph & Oda  had a son:

Otto, the Illustrious

Otto, the Illustrious , son of Ludolph  & Oda , b. ca. 836; d. 30 Nov 912; m. Hedwig, illeg. daughter  of Arnulf, King of Germany  & Oda of Bavaria , b. 24 Dec 903.  Otto was the Duke of Saxony .  Otto & Hedwig had a son:

Henry I, the Fowler

Henry I, the Fowler , son of Otto, the Illustrious & Hedwige , b. 876; d. 2 Jul 936, Memleben; m2nd to Mechtilde, daughter of Count  Dietrich  of Ringelheim . 

Henry I, the Fowler  was the Duke of Saxony.  He earned his nickname, the Fowler, from his love of hunting fowl with a falcon.  He reigned as King of the Saxons from 912 to 936.  He was the founder of the 1st Dynasty of the kings of Medieval Germany.

Henry I, the Fowler  & Mechtilde had a daughter:

1.    Hedwig of Saxony , m. Hugh  Magnus    SEE FRANCE & GERMANY
2.    Gerberga, m1st . Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine ; m2nd Louis IV

Hedwig of Saxony

1.  Hedwig, daughter of Henry I,  the Fowler , King of the Saxons, m. Hugh  Magnus , son of Robert I  and Beatrix, d. Jun 956.  Hugh Magnus was the Count of Paris .  Hugh & Hedwig had a son:

1.1.  Hugh  Capet  SEE FRANCE & GERMANY

Gerberga

2.  Gerberga , daughter  of Henry I & Mechtilde, m1st  Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine , son of Régnier I  & Hersent  of France ; m2nd Louis IV , d’Outr-Mer , son of Charles, the Simple  & Eadgifu .

Giselbert  & Gerberga  had a daughter:

 2.1.  Gerberga, m. Albert I , the Pious  

Louis IV , d’Outr-Mer  & Gerberga  had a daughter  

2.2.  Charles of Lorraine , b. 953; d. 994; m. bef. 979 to Adelheid   (See French)