Otto "the Illustrious" Duke of Saxony

   Another name for Otto was Otto "der Erlauchte" Graf Liudolf.

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 141:17, Otto, "the illustrious," Duke of Saxony, married Hedwig, daughter of Henrich, Marquis of France, and Duke of Austrasia, who died in battle in Paris, 28 Aug 886. Otto and Hedwig were the parents of Henry I, "the Fowler," Duke of Saxony and King of the Saxons. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Otto "der Erlauchte , son of Liudolf and his wife Oda Billung, married Hedwig, daughter of Heinrick and his wife Engeltrudis. "The Annalista Saxo records "Otto" as "filius Liudolfi ducis" [Annalista Saxo 907].. "Hathwiga" is named as wife of Otto in the Annalista Saxo, which in an earlier passage records that the mother of Heinrich was the son of the sister of Adalbert (Babenberg) [Annalista Saxo 902 and 907]. The necrology of Merseburg records the death "30 Nov" of "Oddo comes pater Heinrici regis Saxonum" [Althoff, G. (ed.) (1983) Die Totenbücher von Merseburg, Magdeburg und Lüneburg (Hannover), Merseburg] The necrology of Merseburg records the death "24 Dec" of "Hathuui mater Heinrici regis" [Althoff, G. (ed.) (1983) Die Totenbücher von Merseburg, Magdeburg und Lüneburg (Hannover), Merseburg].

Otto married Hedwig of Franconia, daughter of Heinrich Marquis de Francs et duc de Austrasia and Unknown. (Hedwig of Franconia died on 24 Dec 903.)