Oda von Haldensleben
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Oda von Haldensleben (sometimes "Ote"; before 978 - 1023) was daughter of the Margrave of the North March, Theoderich (or Dietrich). By most accounts, she was a nun who was abducted by Poland's Duke Mieszko I from a cloister at Kolbe.
Oda and her sons by Mieszko I, ruler of the Polans, appear in a document known as the Dagome iudex. There is no document itself, but a reference to it in a church book some 80 years later makes reference to this Dagome Iudux. It is thus assumed to be one of the earliest Polish legal documents, and is a principal source for this portion of the history of Poland under the Piast Dynasty.
