See also
| Husband: | Ordulf (1020-1072) | |
| Wife: | Ulfhild + OLAFSDATTER (1020-1070) | |
| Children: | Magnus +of SAXONY (1045-1106) | |
| Marriage | 4175 | Saxe, Prussia |
Ordulf
| Name: | Ordulf | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Bernard II + (995-1059) | |
| Mother: | Eilika + (1005-1059) | |
| Birth | 1020 | Saxe, Prussia |
| Occupation | Duke of Saxony | |
| Title | Duke of Saxony | |
| Death | 28 Mar 1072 (age 51-52) | Sachsen, Germany |
| Burial | St. Michael's Luneburg | |
Ulfhild + OLAFSDATTER
| Name: | Ulfhild + OLAFSDATTER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Olaf II + HARALDSSON (995-1030) | |
| Mother: | Astrid + OLOFSDOTTIR (999-1035) | |
| Birth | 1020 | Sarpsborg, Ostfold, Norway |
| Occupation | Princess of Norway | |
| Title | frm 29 Jun 1059 to 24 May 1071 (age 38-51) | Princess of Norway |
| Death | 24 Apr 1070 (age 49-50) | Sachsen, Germany |
| Name: | Magnus +of SAXONY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sophia + (1044-1095) | |
| Birth | 1045 | Saxe, Prussia |
| Occupation | Duke of Saxony | |
| Title | frm 1072 to 1106 (age 26-61) | Duke of Saxony |
| Death | 23 Aug 1106 (age 60-61) | Artlemburg, Hannover, Preu Eu, Germany |
Ordulf (sometimes Otto) (c. 1022 – 28 March 1072) was the duke of Saxony from 1059, when he succeeded his father Bernard II, until his death. He was a member of the Billung family.
[edit] ReignHis entire reign was occupied by wars with the Wends. He was allied with Denmark, strengthening the alliance by marrying (1042) Wulfhild (died 24 May 1071), daughter of Olaf II of Norway. Their son Magnus succeeded Ordulf as Duke of Saxony.
His second wife, Gertrude of Haldensleben, daughter of a Count Conrad, was imprisoned in Mainz in 1076 and died 21 February 1116. Their son Bernard died after a fall from a horse at Lüneburg on 15 July (year unknown).
ULFHILD Olavsdatter (-24 May 1071). Snorre names Ulfhild as the daughter of King Olav & his wife[261]. Adam of Bremen records the betrothal of "soror Magni regis" and "Ordulfo ducis filio" at a meeting in Schleswig between Bernhard Duke of Saxony and Magnus King of Norway[262]. Morkinskinna names “King Magnus…sister…Úlfhildr…daughter of King Óláfr” and records her marriage to “a powerful duke named Otto south in Saxony”[263]. The Annalista Saxo names "Wifhildem…filiam Olaph Nortmannorum regis et martiris" as wife of Duke Ordulf[264]. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "24 May" of "Wulfhild ductrix"[265]. m (Nov 1042) as his first wife, ORDULF Duke in Saxony, son of BERNHARD II Duke in Saxony [Billung] & his wife Eilika von Schweinfurt (28 Mar 1072, bur Lüneburg St Michaelis).
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Wulfhild (1020 – 24 May 1071) , Old West Norse: Úlfhildr Ólafsdóttir, Swedish: Ulfhild Olofsdotter, was a Norwegian princess and a duchess of Saxony, wife of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony.
Wulfhild was born in 1020 to Olaf II of Norway and Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden. Her half brother was Magnus I of Norway. On November 1042 she was married to duke of Saxony Ordulf of Billung, son of Bernard II and Eilika of Schweinfurt. This marriage was supposed to strengthen the alliance between Saxony and Denmark. Wulfhild and Ordulf had a son, Magnus.