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Magnus (c.?1045 - 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway, he was the last member of the House of Billung. Rebellion In 1070, before he was duke, he joined Otto of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria, in rebellion against the Salian Emperor Henry IV. Otto was accused of being privy to a plot to murder the king, and it was decided he should submit to the ordeal of battle with his accuser. The duke asked for safe-conduct to and from the place of meeting. When this was refused he declined to appear, and was consequently deprived of Bavaria, while his Saxon estates were plundered. The rebellion was put down in 1071, and Magnus was captured. Magnus was imprisoned in the castle of Harzburg, the imposing imperial fortress which so inflamed the Saxon freemen. He was not released upon his accession to the Saxon duchy until seventy Swabians captured in Lüneburg were released. First Battle of Langensalza In 1073, Harzburg was destroyed and the anger of Henry aroused. He renewed the conflict with Saxony once more. At the First Battle of Langensalza in 1075, Magnus was captured again. After being released again, he joined Rudolf von Rheinfeld, duke of Swabia and antiking, and was present at the Battle of Mellrichstadt (7 August 1078), where he saved Rudolf's life. However, he and the Saxons never fully supported the Swabian Rudolf and he reconciled with Henry, even fighting the Slavs with the royal forces. Legacy Magnus was an embittered enemy of the archbishop of Bremen, Adalbert, whose see he afflicted with repeated plundering raids. In 1106, the same year as Henry IV, he died. His duchy was given to Lothair of Supplinburg and his lands were split between his daughters by Sophia (married 1071), the daughter of Béla I of Hungary, going thus to the house of Welf, via Wulfhilde (1075-1126), who married Duke Henry IX of Bavaria and to the house of Ascania via Eilika (1080 - 16 January 1142), who married Count Otto of Ballenstedt. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Another version: Magnus Billung, Herzog von Sachsen b. before 1045, d. 23 August 1106 Pedigree: Magnus Billung, Herzog von Sachsen was born before 1045.2 He was the son of Ordulf, Herzog von Sachsen and Wulfhilda Óláfsdóttir. He married Sophia, Hercegnõ Magyarország, daughter of Béla I, Király Magyarország and Tuta von Formbach, Königin von Ungarn, between 1070 and 1071; His 2nd. Her 2nd, widowed.4,5,6 He succeeded his father to the duchy of Saxony in 1072. Duke of Saxony in German Empire, between 1072 and 1106.7,8 He was was an enemy of Emperor Henry IV. He died on 23 August 1106. With the death of Magnus Billung, the Billung Family died out.9,5,8 Magnus Billung, Herzog von Sachsen was buried in Artlemburg. Children of Magnus Billung, Herzog von Sachsen and Sophia, Hercegnõ Magyarország: Wulfhilda von Sachsen+ b. c 1075, d. 29 Dec 1126 Eilika von Sachsen+ b. c 1081, d. 16 Jan 1142 Billung Dynasty: The primary ruling dynasty in Saxony in the 10th and 11th centuries. It was founded by Hermann Billung, who in 936 received from the German king (and future emperor) Otto I a march, or border territory, on the lower Elbe River to be held against the pagan Slavic Wends. In 961 Otto granted Hermann the Saxon ducal title, which on Hermann's death (973) passed to his son and thereafter to his descendants, who continued the struggle against the Slavs. Although the family extended its conquests toward the Oder River, thus preparing these territories for Christianization, their lands consisted of only the northeastern part of the former stem duchy of Saxony. Hermann's son Bernard I (d. 1011) obtained guarantees of the special privileges and customs of the Saxons from the emperor Henry II; Bernard II (d. 1059) obtained similar guarantees from the emperor Conrad II. Both Bernard II and his son Ordulf (d. 1072) had to defend their territories against the encroachments of Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen. The family came to embody the Saxon national resentment toward the Salian kings and emperors Henry III and particularly Henry IV, who wanted to reestablish imperial authority in Saxony. In August 1106, with the death of Magnus Billung, the family died out. http://en.wikipedia.org
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