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References
- Freytag, Hans-Joachim (1955), "Brunonen", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 684–685
- Brüsch, Tania (2000). Die Brunonen, ihre Grafschaften und die sächsische Geschichte: Herrschaftsbildung und Adelsbewußtsein im 11. Jahrhundert [The Brunonids, their Counties and the History of Saxony: Development of Power and the Consciousness of Nobility during the 11th Century] (in German). Husum: Matthiesen. ISBN 3-7868-1459-7.
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