Of the Vitichind dynasty, daughter of the Saxon count Dietrich and Rainilde, she was educated in the monastery of Herford. In 909 she married Henry I, who became king of Germany in 918. From him she had five children, including Otto I the Great, emperor.
At the death of her husband (936), she founded the monastery of Quedlinburg, where Henry I was buried. After suffering several difficulties from her sons, especially concerning property, she was later reinstated in her position by Otto I and continued a life entirely devoted to charity toward the poor and generosity toward monasteries, many of which, in addition to Quedlinburg, she herself founded, such as Pölde, Engern, and Nordhausen. She was endowed with the gifts of miracles and prophecy, and wished to be buried beside her husband at Quedlinburg.