Eilika von Schweinfurt

Events

Date of Birth: about 1000 or 1005.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 10 December, after 1055.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Althoff (p. 385).

Relationships

Father: Heinrich von Schweinfurt, margrave in Bavarian Nordgau.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Seibert.

Mother: Gerberga.

This relationship is given by Cawley. Her father is sometimes given as Heribert, count palatine, count in Kinziggau, and sometimes as Otto, count of Grabfeld. Cawley prefers the former.

Spouse: Bernhard II, duke in Saxony.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Seibert.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Ordulf (about 1020 - 28 March 1072), duke in Saxony, married (1) in November 1042 Ulfhild Olavsdatter of Norway; married (2) Gertrud von Haldensleben.

Hermann (died 1086).

Gertrud (about 1028 - 4 August 1113) married (1) Floris I, count in Frisia; married (2) Robert I, count of Flanders.

(possibly) Ida (died 31 July 1102) married (1) Frederic II, duke of Lower Lotharingia; married (2) Albert III, count of Namur.

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Cawley, Charles. “Eilika” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Bernhard II.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 112.

Seibert, Hubertus. “Schweinfurt” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 24 (2010), S. 49-50 [Onlinefassung].