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Oda (c. 806 - 17 May 913) was a Countess in Saxony from 844 to 866, a title she held through her marriage to Liudolf, Duke of Saxony. She was from the Billung dynasty of Saxony. Oda is known for being the mother of Otto the Illustrious, whose son was Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and whose grandson was Otto the Great, the Holy Roman Emperor.

Family
Oda and Liudolf had approximately seven children: Bruno, Duke of Saxony (c. 840/840 - 880), who succeeded his father Liudolf as a Saxon Duke and was the supposed progenitor of the Brunonids; Oda (c. 845 - 874), who was married to Lothar I, Count of Stade; Otto the Illustrious (c. 851 – 912), who succeeded his brother in 880 and was the father of King Henry the Fowler; Liutgard of Saxony (c. 840 – 885), who married the East Frankish ruler Louis the Younger; Hathumoda (c. 840 – 874), the first Abbess of Brunshausen from 852; Gerberga (d. 896/897), the Abbess of Brunshausen from 874 and Christina (d. 919/920), the Abbess of Gandersheim from 896/97.