Billung
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Key facts
- Family.name
- Billung
- Family.type
- Dynasty
- Family.image
- Hermann Billung.jpg
- Family.image_caption
- Hermann Billung
- Family.region
- Saxony
- Family.founded
- 9th century
- Family.founder
- Count Wichmann the Elder
- Family.dissolution
- 12th century
- Family.other_families
- Welf and Ascania dynasties
- Family.estate
- Billung March
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The House of Billung was a dynasty of Saxon noblemen in the 9th through 12th centuries.
The first known member of the house was Count Wichmann, mentioned as a Billung in 811. Oda, the wife of Count Liudolf, oldest known member of the Liudolfing House, was also a Billung as was Matilda of Ringelheim.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Billung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.