Oda of Saxony

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Oda of Saxony

| succession = Queen consort of Lotharingia

| reign = - 900

| birth_date = c. 877

| death_date = aft. 952

| consort = yes

| spouse = Zwentibold
Gerhard I of Metz

| issue = Wigfried
Oda of Metz
Godfrey of Jülich

| house = Ottonian dynasty

| father = Otto I, Duke of Saxony

| mother = Hedwig of Babenberg

}}

Oda of Saxony (c. 877 – aft. 952) was a Saxon princess. She was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Saxony{{sfn|McCarthy|2013|p=90}} and Hedwiga of Babenberg. She married King Zwentibold of Lotharingia{{sfn|Brown|Wailes|2013|p=52}} and at his death in August 900 (when Oda must have been 23), she contracted a second marriage with Count Gerhard I of Metz.{{sfn|Nash|2017|p=xxvi}} From this union were born:

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |title=Companion to Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (fl. 960): Contextual and Interpretive Approaches |editor-first1=Phyllis R. |editor-last1=Brown |editor-first2=Stephen L. |editor-last2=Wailes |publisher=Brill |year=2013 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Holmes |first=George |year=2001 |title=The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe |publisher=Oxford University Press }}
  • {{cite book |title=Chronicles of the Investiture Contest: Frutolf of Michelsberg and his continuators |editor-first=T.J.H. |editor-last=McCarthy |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2013 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society |first=Penelope |last=Nash |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2017 }}

Category:870s births

Category:10th-century deaths

Category:Daughters of dukes

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