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:
- Wigfried, abbot of St. Ursula in Cologne, and then archbishop of Cologne from 924 to 953.
- Oda (Uda) of Metz (d. 10 Apr 963), married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (d. 942).{{sfn|Nash|2017|p=xxvi}}
- A daughter of name unknown.
- Godfrey,{{sfn|Holmes|2001|p=150}} count of the Jülichgau.
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 }}
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