Mathilde of Saxony

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• Name	Mathilde of Saxony
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 May 1009
  Person ID	I7469	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Hermann Billung
  Mother	Oda
  Family ID	F3342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Baudouin III,   b. Abt 940   d. 1 Jan 962 (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	961
  Children	1. Arnulf II "the Young",   b. From 961 to 962   d. From 23 Mar 0987/0988 to 30 Mar 0988 (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F3337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Godefroid   d. Abt 3 Sep 997
  Marriage	Abt 963
  Children	1. Fréderic   2. Adalbéron   3. Hermann   4. Godefroid   5. Gozelo I   6. Ermengarde
  Family ID	F3341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “BAUDOUIN III, joint Count of Flanders, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin, son and heir apparent, born about 940. He married in 961 MATHILDE OF SAXONY, daughter of Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony, by his wife, Oda. They had one son, Arnulf (II) [Marquis of Flanders]. By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son, Azelin [Bishop of Paris]. BAUDOUIN III, joint Count of Flanders, died 1 Jan. 962, and was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer. His widow, Mathilde, married (2nd) about 963 GODEFROID (or GOTTFRIED), Count of Verdun, before 965-after 997, Count in Bidgau, 959, and in Methingau, 960, 963, Marquis/duke of Eename. They had five sons, Frederic (or Friedrich) [Count of Verdun, Provost of Saint-Vaast], Adalberon [Bishop of Verdun], Hermann [Count of Eename, Count of Brabant], Godefroid (or Gottfried) [Duke of Lower Lorraine], and Gozelo (I) [Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Marquis of Antwerp], and one daughter, Ermengarde (wife of Otto von Hammerstein, Count in Wetterau). Count Godefroid died 3 September, 997 or later. Mathilde died 25 May 1009. Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 20-26. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de Flandre (1762): 22-24. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 7-9. Oudegherst Annales de Flandre 1 (1789): 173-174. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 525 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 962: "Arnulphus, comes Flandriae, nimio gravatus senio, Balduino juveni filio suo resignat comitatum; sed ipse ante pattern ex variolae morbo mortuus est."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 363. Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VII 46. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VII.98, VIII.122. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 300 (chart).”