Ekkehard I

Margrave

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 30 April 1002.

Place of Death: Pöhlde.

The date and place of Ekkehard’s murder are given by Schleslinger and by Patze. The date is given by Althoff (p. 396).

Place of Burial: Kloster Jena, transferred 1028 to Naumburg Georgskirche.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Günther, margrave.

This relationship is given by Schlesinger and by Patze.

Mother: unknown.

Some sources give her as Dobrawa, a daughter to Boleslav I.

Spouse: Swanhild.

This relationship is given by Schlesinger and by Patze.

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.)

Liutgard married Werner, margrave of Nordmark.

Hermann (died 1038), margrave, married Regelinda of Poland.

Ekkehard II (died 24 January 1046), margrave.

Günther (1 November 1025).

Eilward (died 24 November 1023), bishop of Meißen.

Mathilde married Dietrich, count of Eilenburg.

Oda (died 1025), married Bolesław I Chrobry, prince of Poland.

References

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

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

Patze, H. "Ekkehard I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 3 (Stuttgart: 1986).

Patze, H. "Ekkehardinger" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 3 (Stuttgart: 1986).

Schlesinger, Walter. “Ekkehard I.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959) S. 430 f. [Onlinefassung].