Wichmann 'The Elder' was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Hermann, Duke of Saxony.
Count of Saxony. In 938, Wichmann rebelled because his younger brother Herman had been given military command of the northern reaches of the Duchy of Saxony. He believed that he had a better claim to the office by virtue of his seniority and his Königsnähe (closeness to the king), because he was related by marriage to the queen dowager Matilda. The revolt was soon suppressed.
Children with Frederuna :
Wichmann II 'The Younger'
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.
Count of Saxony. In 938, Wichmann rebelled because his younger brother Herman had been given military command of the northern reaches of the Duchy of Saxony. He believed that he had a better claim to the office by virtue of his seniority and his Königsnähe (closeness to the king), because he was related by marriage to the queen dowager Matilda. The revolt was soon suppressed.
Children with Frederuna :
Wichmann II 'The Younger'
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.
Wichmann 'The Elder' was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Hermann, Duke of Saxony.
Count of Saxony. In 938, Wichmann rebelled because his younger brother Herman had been given military command of the northern reaches of the Duchy of Saxony. He believed that he had a better claim to the office by virtue of his seniority and his Königsnähe (closeness to the king), because he was related by marriage to the queen dowager Matilda. The revolt was soon suppressed.
Children with Frederuna :
Wichmann II 'The Younger'
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.
Count of Saxony. In 938, Wichmann rebelled because his younger brother Herman had been given military command of the northern reaches of the Duchy of Saxony. He believed that he had a better claim to the office by virtue of his seniority and his Königsnähe (closeness to the king), because he was related by marriage to the queen dowager Matilda. The revolt was soon suppressed.
Children with Frederuna :
Wichmann II 'The Younger'
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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