151:, defeating him twice and even exacting tribute. For a brief interlude, he was allowed to return to Germany and his wife's estates, but he was exiled once more by his uncle Hermann during Otto's second Italian campaign. In 967, he and the western Pomeranians were defeated at
132:. When Hugh died the next year, Wichmann had to return to Germany; he was pardoned after he had sworn loyalty to King Otto. He remained an implacable opponent, attacking the lands of his uncle Hermann several times, until he had to retreat to the Slavic
100:
of Saxony. Wichmann was captured; Otto prevented him from being punished more severely, contrary to
Hermann's wishes. He was released in 954, though he was not included in the general settlement that followed the revolt.
77:, but gave up soon afterwards. Upon his father's death in 944, Wichmann the Younger remained under the tutelage of his uncle Hermann. When he came of age, he was only able to succeed to the rank of a count in
65:, at the residence of his father. Wichmann I the Elder, though the first-born of three Billung brothers and by his marriage related to King Otto I, was ignored at the enfeoffment with the Saxon
159:
and
Wichmann was killed in action. Wichmann's lands were confiscated by Otto and divided in two, half going to the monastery of Saint Michael founded by Hermann Billung at
185:
197:. Wichmann's daughters Imma and Frederuna were allowed to use their inheritance, on which Keminada was founded, throughout their lifetime.
194:
92:
since 950. In 953, he participated in
Liudolf's rebellion against King Otto, fighting the Saxon troops during the king's siege of
312:
84:
Raised at the court of King Otto I upon the early death of their mother, Wichmann made friends with the king's son
108:, still feeling deprived of their heritage, marauded through Saxony and in 955 arrived in the lands of the Slavic
156:
302:
144:
47:
129:
189:, Wichmann was married. Certain scholars have interpreted a clause in the foundation charter of the
307:
96:, whereby he re-opened his father's feud with Hermann, his uncle, who meanwhile had been appointed
85:
117:
74:
43:
8:
297:
148:
105:
121:
39:
73:. Wichmann the Elder at first rebelled against the king, joining the uprising of Duke
282:
Itinerant
Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, c. 936–1075
51:
70:
31:
62:
270:
125:
89:
291:
66:
190:
152:
193:
as referring to
Wichmann, his wife Hathwig, and his son Amelung, Count of
168:
160:
109:
143:
In 963, Wichmann was an outlaw leading a band of West Slavs (likely
113:
35:
133:
78:
172:
93:
137:
30:) (about 930 – 22 September 967) was a member of the
289:
253:
251:
136:territories, where he was tolerated by Margrave
275:Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056
124:. The young Billungs fled to the court of Duke
116:(Lübeck), where they instigated a revolt under
284:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
248:
241:
239:
237:
50:became known as a fierce enemy of the ruling
69:, which in 936 fell to his younger brother
234:
163:, and half going to found the convent of
42:and his wife Frederuna, a niece of Queen
120:that was suppressed by King Otto at the
290:
231:Bernhardt, 25. Reuter, 155–156.
178:
155:by an alliance of Mieszko and Duke
13:
14:
324:
57:Wichmann was born at present-day
81:, though his county is unknown.
225:
216:
207:
1:
7:
10:
329:
277:. New York: Longman, 1991.
264:
313:10th-century Saxon people
147:) in battle against Duke
104:Wichmann and his brother
200:
46:. The cousin of Emperor
38:. He was a son of Count
20:Wichmann II the Younger
16:Saxon noble (c.930–967)
157:Boleslaus I of Bohemia
75:Eberhard of Franconia
186:Res gestae saxonicae
280:Bernhardt, John W.
149:Mieszko I of Poland
106:Egbert the One-Eyed
179:Marriage and issue
122:Battle of Recknitz
40:Wichmann the Elder
303:Counts in Germany
183:According to the
320:
258:
255:
246:
243:
232:
229:
223:
220:
214:
211:
52:Ottonian dynasty
328:
327:
323:
322:
321:
319:
318:
317:
308:Counts of Stade
288:
287:
271:Reuter, Timothy
267:
262:
261:
257:Bernhardt, 208.
256:
249:
244:
235:
230:
226:
221:
217:
212:
208:
203:
181:
17:
12:
11:
5:
326:
316:
315:
310:
305:
300:
286:
285:
278:
266:
263:
260:
259:
247:
233:
224:
222:Bernhardt, 24.
215:
205:
204:
202:
199:
180:
177:
126:Hugh the Great
22:(also spelled
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
325:
314:
311:
309:
306:
304:
301:
299:
296:
295:
293:
283:
279:
276:
272:
269:
268:
254:
252:
242:
240:
238:
228:
219:
210:
206:
198:
196:
192:
188:
187:
176:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
141:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
107:
102:
99:
95:
91:
87:
82:
80:
76:
72:
68:
67:Billung March
64:
60:
59:Wichmannsburg
55:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
281:
274:
245:Reuter, 160.
227:
218:
213:Reuter, 155.
209:
191:Corvey Abbey
184:
182:
164:
142:
103:
97:
83:
63:Bienenbüttel
58:
56:
27:
23:
19:
18:
169:Bodenwerder
145:Pomeranians
118:Prince Nako
298:967 deaths
292:Categories
88:, duke of
61:, part of
171:) on the
110:Obotrites
34:House of
195:Bikethop
165:Keminada
161:Lüneburg
98:princeps
265:Sources
114:Liubice
86:Liudolf
71:Hermann
44:Matilda
36:Billung
28:Wichman
24:Wigmann
167:(near
134:Lutici
130:France
90:Swabia
79:Angria
48:Otto I
201:Notes
173:Weser
153:Wolin
94:Mainz
32:Saxon
138:Gero
128:of
112:at
26:or
294::
273:.
250:^
236:^
175:.
140:.
54:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.