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Noble family. Ekkehardiner. Spouse (s) Schwanehilde (Suanhild) Father. Gunther of Merseburg. Eckard I ( Ekkehard; [a] c. 960 – 30 April 1002) was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that ruled over Meissen until the extinction of the line in 1046.
The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen ( German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis ( Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
"Eckard I (Ekkehard;[Note 1] c. 960 – 30 April 1002) was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that...
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According to Wikipedia: Eckard I (Ekkehard;[Note 1] c.?960 - 30 April 1002) was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that ruled over Meissen until the extinction of the line in 1046. Life Eckard was of noble east Thuringian stock, the eldest son of Margrave Gunther of Merseburg (d ...
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen. ... See also: Wikipedia , Wikidata (Q77594) » See 1 coins. Margravate of Meissen: Margrave Eckard I (985-1002)
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In 985 young King Otto III of Germany appointed him to succeed Margrave Rikdag in Meissen, following severe Saxon setbacks against the Slavic Lutici tribes. He was later elected Duke of Thuringia by the magnates of the region, an event which has been taken as evidence of the principle of tribal ducal election. [ 2 ]
