HENRICH [I] "der Kahle" von Stade, son of LOTHAR [II] Graf on Stade & his wife Swanehild --- (-11 May 976, bur Kloster Heeringen). The paternity of Heinrich is determined from Thietmar recording the death of two of his great grandfathers "both named Liuthar" at the battle of Lenzen 5 Sep[446]. The Annalista Saxo refers to "Heinricus Calvus comes de Stathen" as "consanguineus" of Emperor Otto I[447], but the precise relationship between the two has not been identified. Graf von Stade. Graf im Heilangau 959: "Otto…rex" granted property "in pago…Helinge et Moside in locis…Buochstadon et Rinchurst in comitatu et legatione Heinrici comitis" to Magdeburg St Moritz by charter dated 2 Jul 959[448]. He constructed the castle of Harsefeld [Herseveld][449] in 964. Thietmar names his "grandfather Heinrich" when recording that he tried to capture Duke Hermann Billung at Magdeburg allegedly in response the duke's "arrogance" in certain ceremonial matters[450].
m firstly ([946]) JUDITH, daughter of GEBHARD Graf im Ufgau [Konradiner] & his wife [Adela] de Vermandois (-16 Oct [973]). "Iuditham sororem Udonis ducis qui postmodum in Calabria sub Ottone Rufo cum multis occubuit" is named in Annalista Saxo, which specifies that she had three sons "Heinricum, Udonem et Sigefridum" and three daughters (unnamed), constructed the castle "qui Herseveld dicitur" and was buried with her husband (unnamed) at Heslinge[451]. Her husband is named "Heinricus Calvus comes de Stathen" in a later passage[452]. Thietmar records that his grandmother Judith died 26 Oct and "rests in a church which her daughter had constructed"[453]. The necrology of Lüneburg records the death "16 Oct" of "Juthita com"[454].
m secondly HILDEGARD [von Reinhausen, daughter of ELLI [I] Graf von Reinhausen & his wife ---] (-11 Jun ----). The Annales Stadenses name "Hildigardam" as wife of "Heinricus calvus" and mother of "Bonus Heinricus"[455]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.