Brunonids
The Brunonids (or Brunonians,
The Brunonids are assumed to be descendants of
The oldest properties of the Brunonids were located in the Derlingau, from which they spread their influence to adjacent areas. The town of Brunswick, located at the western edge of the Derlingau, became their comital seat in the 9th or 10th century; according to legends, Brunswick (the name literally means "Brun's town") was founded by one of the Brunonids named Brun — it is unclear by which one. Their county came to be known as the County of Brunswick.
The next assumed member of the Brunonid (Brunoner) house was a Count Liudolf, who was mentioned in 942. The first certain member of the house was
Egbert II's death marked the end of the Brunonid line. Egbert II's sister,
Family tree
- Brun I of Brunswick (d. 1015/1016), married Gisela of Swabia (b. c. 990; d. 15 February 1043 in Goslar) (married 1016/1017 Emperor Conrad II (d. 1039))
- Liudolf (d. 23 April 1038), married Gertrud of Frisia (d. 1077)
- Bruno II (b. c. 1024; d. 26. Juni 1057), Margrave of Frisia
- Susa
- Egbert II (d. 1090), married Oda of Orlamünde
- Gertrude of Brunswick (d. 1117), married I. Dietrich of Katlenburg (d. 1085); II. Henry the Fat, Margrave of Northeim (d. 1101); III. Henry I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1103)
- Liudolf (d. 23 April 1038), married Gertrud of Frisia (d. 1077)
References
- Freytag, Hans-Joachim (1955), "Brunonen", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 684–685
- Brüsch, Tania (2000). Die Brunonen, ihre Grafschaften und die sächsische Geschichte: Herrschaftsbildung und Adelsbewußtsein im 11. Jahrhundert [The Brunonids, their Counties and the History of Saxony: Development of Power and the Consciousness of Nobility during the 11th Century] (in German). Husum: Matthiesen. ISBN 3-7868-1459-7.