Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
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Liudolf | |
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Ottonian | |
Spouse(s) | Ida of Swabia |
Issue | Otto I, Duke of Swabia and Bavaria Mathilde, Abbess of Essen |
Father | Otto the Great |
Mother | Eadgyth |
Liudolf (c. 930 – 6 September 957
Rise
Liudolf was the only son of the Saxon duke Otto the Great,[2] son and heir of the German king Henry the Fowler, by his first wife Eadgyth, daughter of the English king Edward the Elder. Otto ascended the German throne in 936 and Liudolf, as his designated heir and successor, received a broad education.
In 939 his father betrothed him to
When in November 950 King
Rebellion
When King Otto married Adelaide, the heiress to Italy, Liudolf felt his position threatened. He underlined his right of succession by lavishly celebrating Christmas 951 like a king at the
Adelaide gave birth to a son, and Liudolf raised the flag of revolt in 953. Though he had the support of his Swabians, his ally Duke Conrad the Red was opposed by his own subjects in
Legacy
Liudolf's son by Ida, Otto, was later duke of Bavaria and Swabia.[4] Liudolf's daughter, Matilda, was abbess of the Essen Abbey.[4] He also founded the city of Stuttgart in southern Germany. Historians still debate the existence of another daughter, named Richlinde (according to historian Armin Wolf) who married Cuno of Öhningen, whose son, Conrad I, became Otto I's successor in Swabia in 982; this union would represent the genealogical connection between the Liudolfings and the Conradines.[5]
References
- ^ "Liudolf". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Barraclough 1961, p. 75-76.
- ^ a b Schutz 2010, p. 48.
- ^ a b c Garrison 2012, p. 5.
- ^ Armin Wolf: Wer war Kuno „von Öhningen“? Überlegungen zum Herzogtum Konrad von Schwaben († 997) und zur Königswahl im Jahr 1002. In: Deutsches Archiv 36 (1980), S. 25–83; Armin Wolf: Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen. In: Herold-Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, 15. Band (2010), S. 77ff. Zur Gegenposition: Eduard Hlawitschka: Wer waren Kuno und Richlind von Öhningen. Kritische Überlegungen zu einem neuen Identifizierungsvorschlag. In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte des Oberrheins 128 (1980) Seite 1–49; Eduard Hlawitschka: Die Ahnen der hochmittelalterlichen deutschen Könige, Kaiser und ihrer Gemahlinnen (2006)
Sources
- Barraclough, Geoffrey, ed. (1961). Studies in Mediaeval History:Mediaeval Germany. Vol. II. Essays. Basil Blackwell.
- Garrison, Eliza (2012). Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture: The Artistic Patronage of Otto III and Henry II. Routledge.
- Schutz, Herbert (2010). The Medieval Empire in Central Europe: Dynastic Continuity in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Realm, 900-1300. Cambridge University Scholars.