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Frederuna of France

Birth
France
Death
18 Jan 971 (aged 70–71)
Saxony, Germany
Burial
Lüneburg, Landkreis Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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Birth date approx. Carolingian Princess via birth. Countess of Saxony via marriage. Niece of Queen Matilda, wife of Henry the Fowler.

After her husband's death Frederuna became a nun at the Abbey his brother Hermann of Billung had founded in c956.

Children :
Wichmann II
Bruno, Bishop of Verden
Egbert the One-Eyed
Hathui, married Siegfried, son of Gero the Great, possibly mother of Gero, Count of Alsleben.
Wichmann and Frederuna may have been the parents of Dietrich, Margrave of the Nordmark.
Birth date approx. Carolingian Princess via birth. Countess of Saxony via marriage. Niece of Queen Matilda, wife of Henry the Fowler.

After her husband's death Frederuna became a nun at the Abbey his brother Hermann of Billung had founded in c956.

Children :
Wichmann II
Bruno, Bishop of Verden
Egbert the One-Eyed
Hathui, married Siegfried, son of Gero the Great, possibly mother of Gero, Count of Alsleben.
Wichmann and Frederuna may have been the parents of Dietrich, Margrave of the Nordmark.


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  • Created by: C Smith
  • Added: Apr 7, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251912145/frederuna-of_france: accessed ), memorial page for Frederuna of France (900–18 Jan 971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 251912145, citing Benedictine Monastery of St Michaelis Abbey Church, Lüneburg, Landkreis Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by C Smith (contributor 50642385).