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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Pedigree of the Ottonia n dynasty, Ludolf dux Saxonie at the top, chronicles of St. Pantaleon , Cologne, 12th centuryLiudolf (born about 805, died 12 March 864 or 8 66) was a Saxon count, son of one count (Graf) Brun (Brunhart)[1] an d his wife Gisla von Verla[2] ; later authors called him duke of the E astern Saxons (dux orientalis Saxonum, probably since 850) and count o f Eastphalia. Liudolf had extended possessions in eastern Saxony, an d was a leader (dux) in the wars of King Louis the German against Norm ans and Slavs. The ruling Liudolfing House, also known as the Ottonia n dynasty, is named after him; he is its oldest verified member. Befo re 830 Liudolf married Oda, daughter of a Frankish princeps named Bill ung and his wife Aeda. Oda died on 17 May 913, supposedly at the age o f 107.[3] They had six children:[4] Brun Otto the Illustrious, fath er of Henry the Fowler Liutgard married King Louis the Younger in 874 .[5] Hathumoda, became an abbess Gerberga, became an abbess Christi na, became an abbess[6] By marrying a Frankish nobleman's daughter, L iudolf followed suggestions set forth by Charlemagne about ensuring th e integrity of the Frankish Empire in the aftermath of the Saxon War s through marriage. In 845/846, Liudolf and his wife traveled to Rom e in order to ask Pope Sergius II for permission to found a house of s ecular canonesses, duly established at their proprietary church in Bru nshausen around 852, and moved in 881 to form Gandersheim Abbey. Liudo lf's minor daughter Hathumod became the first abbess. Liudolf is buri ed in Brunshausen. '''Notes''' 1^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vo l 24, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 268. 2^ de:Liudolf (Sachsen) 3^ Sai nt Odilo (Abbot of Cluny), Queenship and sanctity: The lives of Mathil da and The epitaph of Adelheid, translated by Sean Gilsdorf, (Catholi c University of America Press, 2004), 24. 4^ Althoff, Gerd, Christoph er Carroll, Family, friends and followers: political and social bond s in medieval Europe, (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 38. 5^ Th e rise of the medieval world, 500-1300: a biographical dictionary, Ed . Jana K. Schulman , (Greenwood Press, 2002), 271. 6^ The rise of th e medieval world, 500-1300: a biographical dictionary, 271. http://f mg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm LIUDOLF, son of BRUNO & his wife - -- (-11 Mar 866, bur Brunshausen). Brun was named as father of Liudol f in the early 13th century ''Gandersheimer Reimchronik'' [Wolff, L. ( ed.) (1969) ''Die Gandersheimer Reimchronik des Priesters Eberhard'' 2 nd Ed. (Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, Tübingen), 9, lines 139-44, cite d in Jackman (1997), p. 146 footnote 40], but no earlier source has s o far been found which confirms the relationship. The ''Chronicon Hild esheimense'' records that Liudolf founded the abbey of Gandersheim i n 852, first at Brunshausen [''Chronicon Hildesheimense'' 4, MGH SS VI I, p. 851]. Widukind records that "Liudulfus" transferred relics of Po pe Innocent to Rome [''Widukindi Res Gestæ Saxonicæ'' I.16, MGH SS I II, p. 425]. The ''Annales Alamannicorum'' record "Ludolfus dux Saxoni æ avus Heinrici" among those who swore allegiance in 864 [''Annales A lamannicorum continuation Sangallensis prima'' 864, MGH SS I, p. 50, a lternative text quoted in footnote 1]. The ''Annales Xantenses'' recor d the death in 866 of "Liudolfus comes a septentrione" [''Annales Xant enses'' 866, MGH SS II, p. 231].