Lothar I of Stade

Lothar I of Stade was count of Stade in Saxony, born around 840, possibly of the line of the Saxon leader Widukind. He was killed on 2 February 880 in the battle of Ebstorf.

In that battle, also called the battle of Lüneburg Heath, the army of King Louis III of the Franks fought the Great Heathen Army of the Norsemen, and twelve counts fell, Lothar among them. The battle is recorded in the Annals of Fulda. The Roman Catholic Church remembers those killed as the martyrs of Ebsdorf, on 2 February.

Lothar had married Oda of Saxony, perhaps a daughter of Duke Liudolf. They had a son, Lothar II, who succeeded him as count of Stade.

He is honored as a saint of the West, together with the other martyrs of Ebsdorf; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.