Wichmann the Elder
Wichmann I the Elder ( c. 900; † April 23 944? ) Was Count in Bardengau and Count in Wigmodien ( on the Weser between Bremen and northern Hadeln ).
He belonged to the Bill Ungern, but to one of King Otto I. disadvantaged branch. Although he was married to a sister of Queen Matilda (possibly Bia of Ringelsheim ), King Otto I ordered in 936 Wichmann's younger brother Hermann Billung the princeps military in eastern Saxony. Wichmann responded by leaving the army and join the uprising of the older half brother of Otto I. joined Thankmar. Wichmann had another brother, Amelung, Bishop of Verden.
His sons Wichmann II and Ekbert the one-eyed man who had been educated in the royal court, felt brought by her uncle Hermann Billung their inheritance after his death and 944 were in their fight against the uncle and the king of rebels from the Ottonian period.