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 _Eckard I EKKEHARDIN __|
| (0960 - 1002)         |
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|--Herman I EKKEHARDIN 
|  (0980 - 1038)
|                                              _Billung of BILLUNG ___+
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|                        _Hermann BILLUNG ____|
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|                       |                     |_Ermangarde of NANTES _
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|_Suanhilde of BILLUNG _|
  (0945 - ....)         |
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                        |_Oda of SAXONY ______|
                          (.... - 0972)       |
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