She had three sisters; Amalrada, Bia, and Fridarun, who married Charles III, king of West Francia; and a brother Beuve II, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.[1] Due to Fridarun’s marriage to count Wichmann the Elder, there was an alliance between the House of Billung and the Ottonian family, which expanded their possessions to the west.[4] In 909, she married Henry, at the time Duke of Saxony and later East-Franconian king, after his first marriage to Hatheburg of Merseburg was cancelled.[5][2] She gave birth to five mutual children: Otto (912-973), who was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 962;[3] Henry (919/22-955), who was appointed Duke of Bavaria in 948;[2] Bruno (925-965), who was elected Archbishop of Cologne in 953 and Duke of Lorraine in 954;[6] Hedwig (d. 965/80), who married the West Frankish duke, Hugh the Great; and Gerberga (d.