Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg

bishop Thietmar Von Merseburg (Von Walbeck), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg
Also Known As:	"Dietmar"
Birthdate:	July 25, 975
Death:	December 01, 1018 (43)
Place of Burial:	Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Immediate Family:	Son of Siegfried II "the Older", Count of Walbeck and Gerberga von Stade Brother of Heinrich von Walbeck; Count Bruno von Walbeck, Bischof von Verden; Eilika von Braunschweig von Stade; Friedrich Graf von Magdeburg and Siegfried II 'the Older' von Walbeck, Count von Walbeck, Bischof von Münster Half brother of Dietrich der Gute von Querfurth and Count of Walbeck Dithmor von Magdeburg, Bishop of Merseburg

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Thietmar of Merseburg Thietmar (also Dietmar or Dithmar; 25 July 975 – 1 December 1018), 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 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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975	July 25, 975	Birth of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg
1018	December 1, 1018 Age 43	Death of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg
	December 1, 1018 Age 43	Burial of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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