Otto I, Duke of Saxony
Otto I the Illustrious ( * before 866; † November 30 912) from the noble Liudolfinger was 902-912 lay abbot of Hersfeld.
Life
The younger son of the Earl Liudolf succeeded his 880 in the Norman battle 880 killed in battle against the Normans brother Brun head of the Liudolfinger. Otto was Count in the calibration field and ( 888) in Südthüringgau and is attested 908 as lay abbot of Hersfeld.
In a tithe directory of Hersfeld Monastery he is already attested at the end of the 9th century as " duke " ( dux ). Even King Conrad I, a longtime rival, referred to him in the year 913 in retrospect as dux. Fifty years later, Otto von Widukind of Corvey was even referred to as Duke of Saxony entirely. In contrast, the Carolingian refused him the title dux and praised him in their records only as an outstanding counts.
Its importance in the power structure of the East Frankish kingdom illustrated by the fact that his wife Hadwig came from one of the most important clans of the kingdom and his daughter Oda with a - was married to a member of the Carolingian royal family - albeit illegitimately born. Under Louis the child Otto had no particular proximity to the royal court. Otto occurred only twice as intervenor. In August, 902 in Trebur in a legal confirmation of the church of Halberstadt and 8 May in 906 wooden churches in a legal confirmation of the church of Freising.
Otto the Illustrious was buried in the Church of the pen Gander home. A plaque about him is in the Walhalla Donaustauf.
Progeny
Otto was married to the Frankish Babenbergerin Hadwig ( Hathui ) ( † December 24 903), a daughter of dux Austrasiorum Henry, with whom he had the following children:
- Thankmar (907 testifies before November 30 † 912)
- Liudolf (907 testifies † before 30 November 912)
- Henry I (* 876, † July 2 936 ), from 912 Duke of Saxony and 919-936 King of Ostfrankenreiches.
- Oda (* 875/880; † probably July 2 after 952)