See also
| Husband: | Liudolf + (1003-1038) | |
| Wife: | Gertrude + of NORDGAU (1006-1077) | |
| Children: | Agatha + (1018-bef1093) | |
| Bruno II (1024-1057) | ||
| Ida of ELSDORF (1026-1083) | ||
| Mathilda (c. 1028-1044) | ||
| Egbert I + (1036-1068) | ||
| Marriage | 1020 | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany |
Liudolf +
| Name: | Liudolf + | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Bruno + (960-1016) | |
| Mother: | Gisela + of SWABIA (999-1043) | |
| Birth | 16 Jul 1003 | Brunswick, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Occupation | Count of Brunswick | |
| Title | Count of Brunswick | |
| Title | Margrave of Frisia | |
| Title | Count of Derlingau and Gudingau | |
| Death | 23 Apr 1038 (age 34) | Brunswick, Niedersachsen, Germany |
Gertrude + of NORDGAU
| Name: | Gertrude + of NORDGAU | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Hugh VI + (960-1049) | |
| Mother: | Heilwig + of DAGSBURG (972-1046) | |
| Birth | 1006 | Nordgau Region, Medieval states |
| Title | Countess of Nordgau | |
| Occupation | Countess of Nordgau | |
| Death | 21 Jul 1077 (age 70-71) | Cloister de Passau, Nordgau, Thueringen, Germany |
Agatha +
| Name: | Agatha + | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Edward + (1016-1057) | |
| Birth | 1018 | Brunswick, Prussia |
| Occupation | Princess of Brunswick | |
| Title | Princess of Brunswick | |
| Death | bef 1093 (age 74-75) | Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Name: | Bruno II | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1024 | Friedland, The Netherlands |
| Occupation | Margrave of Fresia | |
| Death | 1057 (age 32-33) | The Netherlands |
| Cause: battle wounds from William of Brandenburg | ||
| Name: | Ida of ELSDORF | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Etheler of DITHMARSCHEN (1018- ) | |
| Birth | 1026 | Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Death | 1083 (age 56-57) | |
Spouse: Henry I +*
| Name: | Mathilda | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry I +* (1008-1060) | |
| Birth | 1028 (est) | |
| Title | frm 1034 to 1044 (age 5-16) | Queen Consort of France |
| Occupation | Queen Consort of France | |
| Death | 1044 (age 15-16) | |
Egbert I +
| Name: | Egbert I + | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Irmgard + of SUSA (1038-1078) | |
| Birth | 1036 | Brunswick, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Occupation | Margrave of Meissen | |
| Title | frm 1038 to 11 Jan 1068 (age 1-32) | Count of Brunswick |
| Title | frm 1067 to 11 Jan 1068 (age 30-32) | Margrave of Meissen |
| Death | 11 Jan 1068 (age 31-32) | Germany |
Liudolf of Brunswick (about 1003 – 23 April 1038) was margrave of Frisia, count of Brunswick, count in the Derlingau and the Gudingau. He was a member of the Brunonen family.
Liudolf was a descendant of the Saxon family of the Brunonen. He was a son of Bruno I, Count of Brunswick, and Gisela of Swabia. The later Roman Emperor Henry III was his half brother. He married Gertrude and had four children. The Friesian counties Oostergo, Zuidergo and Westergo were controlled by him. Until the end of his life he administered the Frisian areas, and for two more generations the Brunonen family line inherited the title. How the Brunonen came to their position in the counties is not known. There is a theory that Liudolf took advantage of the reign of violence between Friesland Vlie and Lauwers of the counts of Holland. Not much is known about his life. He died in 1038 and was succeeded by his son, Bruno II. His daughter Matilda married Henry I of France, the widower of her aunt. One popular theory of the origins of Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile makes her another daughter.
[edit] Family
Liudolf and his wife Gertrud had the following children:
Brun II (around 1024 – 26 June 1057)
Egbert (died 1068)
Matilda (died 1044), married King Henry I of France
Ida of Elsdorf