List of Famous people with last name Merseburg

Thietmar of Merseburg

First Name Thietmar
Died on December 1, 1018

Thietmar, Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two of Thietmar's great-grandfathers, both referred to as Liuthar, were the Saxon nobles Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Lothar I, Count of Walbeck. They were both killed fighting the Slavs at the Battle of Lenzen.

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Hatheburg of Merseburg

First Name Hatheburg

Hatheburg was a Frankish queen, the first wife of Henry the Fowler, later king of East Francia (Germany). After their marriage was dissolved, Hatheburg became abbess of a convent.

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Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg

First Name Gunther,
Last Name Merseburg
Born on January 1, 0949
Died on July 13, 0982 (aged 33)

Gunther was the Margrave of Merseburg from 965 until his death, upon which the march of Merseburg was united to that of Meissen.

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Siegfried, Count of Merseburg

First Name Siegfried,
Last Name Merseburg
Born on November 30, 0894
Died on July 10, 0937 (aged 42)

Siegfried was the Count and Margrave of Merseburg from an unknown date before 934 until his death. He does not appear with the title of margrave in contemporary royal charters and diplomas, so the title was informal and never official.

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Thietmar, Count of Merseburg

First Name Thietmar,
Born on November 30, 0854
Died on November 30, 0936 (aged 82)

Thietmar (I), Count and Margrave, was the military tutor of Henry the Fowler while he was the heir and then duke of the Duchy of Saxony. He probably kept a small body of elite retainers armed with the latest in military technology and well-supplied with expensive horses. His armored cavalry played a decisive role in winning the Battle of Lenzen on 4 September 929, securing German domination along the Elbe river against West Slavic peoples.

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