Saturday, May 17, 2008

Death of Oda

On this date in our family history . . . the 17th day of May . . . in the year 913 . . . Oda, widow of the Duke of the Eastern Saxons, dies at one hundred and nine years of age . . . this Oda is believed to be a 32nd great-grandma to Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis (1842-1899) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this blog . . .

A Dictionary of Saintly Women: "duke of the Saxons son of Ecbert and St Ida and Oda daughter of Billung and Eda They went as pilgrims to Rome and brought thence the relics of the holy Popes Innocent and Anastasius to enrich the new monastery of Gandersheim which they had founded 852 They had twelve children one of whom Bruno is regarded as the founder of the house of Brunswick Another Otho the Illustrious was duke of Saxony and father of the Emperor Henry the Fowler See ST MATiLDA 2 Ludolf died in 866 Oda lived through the whole of the 9th century and part of the Юth and attained to the age of one hundred and nine She was born in the reign of Charlemagne and lived until after the birth of her great grandson Otho the Great Five of her daughters were veiled nuns living in her house at Brunshausen but as they were joined by others the place was soon too small for them and Oda r"

Posted by Vickie Everhart at Saturday, May 17, 2008
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