Liudolf, Duke of Swabia

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Liudolf, Duke of Swabia

Liudolf (930–6 September 957

957

Events...
) was the duke of Swabia

Duke of Swabia

The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany. Swabia was one of the five stem duchy of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany....
from 950 until 954. He was the only son of Otto I

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duchy of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan....
, king of Germany, from his wife Eadgyth

Eadgyth

Edith of England , also spelt Eadgyth or ?dgyth, was the daughter of Edward the Elder, List of English monarchs and ?lffl?d, and the wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor....
, daughter of Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder was Kingdom of England . He was the son of Alfred the Great and Alfred's wife, Ealhswith, and became King upon his father's death in 899....
, king of England.

Liudolf married Ida, daughter of Duke Herman I. When Herman died, Otto appointed his eldest son and heir apparent duke. Liudolf was a popular ruler with the tribe. After the usurpation of Berengar II of Italy

Berengar II of Italy

Berengar of Ivrea , sometimes also referred to as Berengar II of Italy, was margrave of Ivrea, and usurper King of Italy. He was of Lombards descent....
, he invaded Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
in 951. His father foiled his plans and invaded as well, leaving Liudolf without much gain.

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Liudolf (930–6 September 957

957

Events...
) was the duke of Swabia

Duke of Swabia

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Eadgyth

Edward the Elder

Berengar II of Italy

Berengar of Ivrea , sometimes also referred to as Berengar II of Italy, was margrave of Ivrea, and usurper King of Italy. He was of Lombards descent....
, he invaded Lombardy

Lombardy

Adelaide of Italy

Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century.She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia....
, the heiress to Italy, Liudolf felt his position threatened and raised the flag of revolt in 953. Though he had the support of his Swabians, his ally, Conrad the Red, was opposed by his own subjects in Lorraine. The Bavarians of Henry I, Duke of Bavaria

Henry I, Duke of Bavaria

Henry I was Duke of Bavaria.He was the second son of the Germany King Henry the Fowler and his wife Matilda of Ringelheim. He attempted a revolt against his older brother Otto I in 938 in alliance with Eberhard of Franconia and Giselbert of Lorraine, believing he had a claim on the throne....
, Liudolf's uncle, support Liudolf, but Henry and Otto together put down the rebellion. In 954, he was deprived of his duchy and, though reconciled with his father, he did not regain it. He invaded Italy for a second time in 957 and many cities capitulated before him and Berengar fled. He died unexpectedly of fever

Fever

Fever is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to levels above normal. Fever is most accurately characterized as a temporary elevation in the body's thermoregulatory set-point, usually by about 1?2 ?C ....
amidst his victorious campaign at Pombia

Pombia

Pombia is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km north of Novara....
, near Novara

Novara

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 102,862 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin and it is the second urban area of the Region Piedmont with 190,000 inhabitants....
, on September 6 and was buried in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz

St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz

St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz originated as a Order of Saint Benedict abbey, founded in 787 or 796 by Archbishop Richulf in honour of Saint Alban of Mainz, located to the south of Mainz on the hill later called the Albansberg....
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His son by Ida, Otto, was later duke of Bavaria and Swabia, his daughter Mathilde abess of a canoness monastery in Essen

Essen

Essen is a city in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany....
. He also founded the city of Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
in southern Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
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