Liutgard of Saxony

Liutgard von Sachsen in the family table of the Ottonians (12th century)

Epitaph of Liutgard and her daughter in the collegiate church of St. Peter and Alexander (Aschaffenburg)

Liutgard of Saxony (* around 845; † November 30, 885 in Aschaffenburg ) was the wife of the East Frankish King Ludwig III.

She was born around 845 as the daughter of the Saxon Count Liudolf (* 805-820, † March 12, 866) and his wife Oda Billung (* 805-806, † May 17, 913). Liutgard's paternal grandfather was Count Bruno von Sachsen, Herr von Herzfeld (* around 786, † before 844).

On November 29, 874 she was in Aschaffenburg with the East Franconian King Ludwig III. married to the younger . She was buried in Aschaffenburg.

progeny

From his marriage to King Ludwig III:

Ludwig (877-879)
Hildegard (879–899), nun in the Frauenchiemsee monastery

Individual evidence

↑ See Martina Hartmann , The Queen in the Early Middle Ages , Stuttgart 2009, pp. 215ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Liutgard of Saxony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Wife of the East Franconian King Ludwig III. the younger one
DATE OF BIRTH	around 845
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 885
Place of death	Aschaffenburg

[1] See Martina Hartmann , The Queen in the Early Middle Ages , Stuttgart 2009, pp. 215ff.