Otto (The Illustrious) (Duke of Saxony)

Otto, known as The Illustrious, was born in 0828.  The Illustrious' father was Ludolph (Duke of Saxony) and his mother was Oda.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 84 on November 13th, 0912.

• General Notes

  Count of Thuringia & Duke of Saxony.  Son of Ludolph, Duke of Saxony and his wife, Hedwige, daughter of Eberhard, Count of Burgundy, son of Henrok, Duke of Frioul, and his wife, Gisela, daughter of Louis I., the Debonaire, King of France. Details are not available of each generation of descendants but it is recorded that Gisela was also the grandmother of Duke Burkhardt, who died in 911, from whom descended Ulrich von Uerikon, Swiss knight, born in 1259. Otto of Saxony reigned in Germany from 880 to 912.

Details of The Illustrious' family with Hedwige of Carinthia