Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Magnus of Saxony
Abt 1045 - 1106 (~ 61 years)1. Magnus of Saxony was born about 1045 (son of Ordulf of Saxony and Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir); died on 23 Aug 1106; was buried in Artlenburg, Lower Saxony. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Bef 1045
Notes:
Duke of Saxony.
Magnus married Sophia of Hungary between 1070 and 1071. Sophia (daughter of Béla I, King of Hungary and Adelaide of Poland) was born about 1050; died on 18 Jun 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Wulfhilde of Saxony was born about 1075; died on 29 Dec 1126 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.
- Eilica von Sachsen was born about 1080; died on 16 Jan 1142.
2. Ordulf of Saxony was born about 1020 (son of Bernard II and Eilika of Schweinfurt); died on 28 Mar 1072. Ordulf married Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir in Nov 1042. Úfhildr (daughter of St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway and Astrid Ólafsdóttir) was born about 1023; died on 24 May 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir was born about 1023 (daughter of St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway and Astrid Ólafsdóttir); died on 24 May 1070. Notes:
Also called Wulfhilde.
Children:
- 1. Magnus of Saxony was born about 1045; died on 23 Aug 1106; was buried in Artlenburg, Lower Saxony.
Generation: 3
4. Bernard II was born about 995 (son of Bernard I and Hildegard); died on 29 Jun 1059. Notes:
Also called Berthold. Duke of Saxony.
Bernard married Eilika of Schweinfurt about 1020. Eilika (daughter of Henry of Schweinfurt and Gerberge) was born about 1004; died after 1055. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Eilika of Schweinfurt was born about 1004 (daughter of Henry of Schweinfurt and Gerberge); died after 1055. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1005
- Alternate death: Aft 1059
Children:
- 2. Ordulf of Saxony was born about 1020; died on 28 Mar 1072.
- Gertrude of Saxony was born about 1030; died on 4 Aug 1113.
6. St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway was born about 995 (son of Harald Grenske and Asta Gudbrandsdottir); died on 31 Aug 1030 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 29 Jul 1030, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Notes:
Born posthumously. Killed at the Battle of Stiklestad during an eclipse. Called Olaf "the Stout" during his lifetime. Patron saint of Norway.
Olaf married Astrid Ólafsdóttir in Feb 1018. Astrid (daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Ethla of Wendland) died between 1021 and 1022. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Astrid Ólafsdóttir (daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Ethla of Wendland); died between 1021 and 1022. Children:
- 3. Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir was born about 1023; died on 24 May 1070.
Generation: 4
8. Bernard I was born about 950 (son of Hermann and Oda); died on 9 Feb 1011. Notes:
Also called Benno. Duke of Saxony.
Bernard married Hildegard about 990. (daughter of Heinrich I "The Bald" and Hildegard von Reinhausen) was born between 974 and 977; died on 3 Oct 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Hildegard was born between 974 and 977 (daughter of Heinrich I "The Bald" and Hildegard von Reinhausen); died on 3 Oct 1011. Children:
- 4. Bernard II was born about 995; died on 29 Jun 1059.
10. Henry of Schweinfurt was born about 971 (son of Berthold of Schweinfurt and Eilika of Walbeck); died on 18 Sep 1017. Notes:
Margrave of the Nordgau.
Henry married Gerberge. Gerberge was born about 970; died after 1036. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Gerberge was born about 970; died after 1036. Notes:
From Leo van de Pas:
Gerberge was the wife of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, Markgraf auf der Nordgau. According to the chronicle of Thietmar von Merseburg, Gerberge was the sister of an otherwise unidentified Otto, and that is evidently the slender thread on which various authors have tried to base her ancestry. The statement that she was the daughter of Heribert, Graf im Kinziggau, assumes that this Otto was Otto von Hammerstein (a plausible, but unproven, conjecture), and other guesses as to the identity of this Otto can lead to other guesses for her parentage. "Unknown" would appear to be the safest choice.Children:
- Judith of Schweinfurt died on 2 Aug 1058; was buried in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Bohemia.
- Otto of Swabia and Schweinfurt was born about 1002; died on 28 Sep 1057.
- 5. Eilika of Schweinfurt was born about 1004; died after 1055.
12. Harald Grenske was born about 952; died about 995. Notes:
Called "the Greenlander" but not from Greenland; he appears to have been from Grenland in Norway. Supposedly murdered by foster sister Sigrid Storrada. "Recent scholarship has questioned the historicity of Harald." [Wikipedia]
Todd A. Farmerie, 26 Apr 2016, post to soc.genealogy.medieval:
In Norway, probably no earlier than the father of St. Olaf (these genealogies appear to have been reworked to make the warlords who succeeded to Norway be descendants of Harald Fairhair).Harald married Asta Gudbrandsdottir. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Asta Gudbrandsdottir (daughter of Gudbrand Kula of the Upplands and Ulfhilde). Children:
- 6. St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway was born about 995; died on 31 Aug 1030 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway.
14. Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden was born about 965 in Sweden (son of Eric Bjornsson, King of Sweden and Sigrið Storråda); died about 1020 in Sweden. Olof married Ethla of Wendland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Ethla of Wendland Notes:
"Tradition says Edla was the daughter of a West Slavic tribal chief from Northern Germany. She was brought to Sweden as a prisoner of war c. 1000 at the same time or a little before, the arrival of Estrid of the Obotrites (Estrid av obotriterna). King Olof Skötkonung married Estrid but also fell in love with Edla and took her as his mistress. She became the mother of Emund, Astrid, and probably Holmfrid." [Wikipedia]
Children:
- 7. Astrid Ólafsdóttir died between 1021 and 1022.
- Emund, King of Sweden