Background
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.
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 controlled the Frisian counties Oostergo, Zuidergo and Westergo. Foreign 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 by the Counts of Holland in the part of Friesland between the Vlie and the Lauwers. Not much is known about his life.
Liudolf and Gertrude had the following children:
Brun II (around 1024 – 26 June 1057)
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (died 1068)
Matilda of Frisia (died 1044). Married King Henry I of France
Ida of Elsdorf.