Ordulf's entire reign was occupied by wars with the
Wends. He was allied with
Denmark in this endeavor, and he strengthened the alliance by marrying
Wulfhild of Norway, the daughter of King
Olaf II of Norway, in 1042. Their son
Magnus succeeded Ordulf as Duke of Saxony. Ordulf's second wife, Gertrude of
Haldensleben, daughter of a Count Conrad, was imprisoned in
Mainz in 1076 and died 21 February 1116. Their son Bernard died after a fall from a horse in
Lüneburg on 15 July of an unknown year. Ordulf is buried in the Church of St. Michael in Lüneburg. ==References==