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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.
- c. 960
- Gerbstedt Abbey
- 985–1002
- Gunther of Merseburg
Margrave Eckard I from Thuringia succeeded Rikdag as Margrave of Meissen in 985. His descendants of the Ekkeharding noble family would keep the margravial title until 1046. Upon his appointment, Eckard allied with Duke Mieszko I of Poland in order to reconquer Meissen Castle from Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia whose forces occupied it the year ...
- Feudal monarchy
- Meissen
- Margravate
- Upper Saxon
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Life. Eckard was of noble east Thuringian stock, the eldest son of Margrave Gunther of Merseburg (d. 982). He followed his father into exile from 976 to 979 and took part in the 982 Battle of Stilo against the Emirate of Sicily, where Gunther was killed. Back in Germany, Eckard upon the death of Emperor Otto II in 983 supported his minor son ...
History. King Henry the Fowler, on his 928–29 campaign against the Slavic Glomacze tribes, had a fortress erected on a hill at Meissen (Mišno) on the Elbe river. Later named Albrechtsburg, the castle about 965 became the seat of the Meissen margraves, installed by Emperor Otto I when the vast Marca Geronis (Gero's march) was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, the ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Eckard I (Ekkehard; died 30 April 1002) was the Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that dominated Meissen until 1046. He was of noble east Thuringian stock, the eldest son of Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg, and he was appointed to succeed Ricdag in Meissen in 985, following severe ...
- Dresden
- April 30, 955
- Swanhilde of Saxony
- Meissen, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen. ... See also: Wikipedia , Wikidata (Q77594) » See 1 coins. Margravate of Meissen: Margrave Eckard I (985-1002)
Eckard II was Margrave of Lusatia from 1034 and Margrave of Meissen from 1038 until his death. He was the last of his dynasty, with his death the line of Ekkeharding margraves descending from Eckard I of Meissen became extinct.
