Eilika of Schweinfurt

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Name Eilika Schweinfurt
Children Gertrude of Saxony, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony Grandchildren Robert II, Count of Flanders, Bertha of Holland Great grandchildren Louis VI of France, Eilika of Saxony Similar People Robert I - Count of Flanders, Olaf II of Norway, Baldwin V - Count of Flanders

Eilika of Schweinfurt (c. 1005 – 10 Dec aft. 1059) was Duchess consort of Saxony.

She came from a Bavarian noble family as the daughter of Margrave Henry of Schweinfurt and Gerberga of Gleiberg (970 – aft. 1036).

Around 1020, Eilika married Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and was mother of:

Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (1022 – 1072)

Herman (d. 1086)

Gertrude (d. 1115), married Floris I, Count of Holland in 1050 and Robert I, Count of Flanders in 1063

Hedwig, married Engelbert I, Count of Spanheim (d. 1096)

Ida (d. 31 Jul 1102), married Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (d. 1065) with the county of La Roche as a dowry, and Count Albert III of Namur

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