Ezzo

Also known as Erenfrid.

Count Palatine in Lotharingia

Count in Avelgau and Bonngau

Events

Date of Birth: about 955.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Uhlirz.

Date of Death: 20 or 21 May 1034.

Place of Death: Saalfeld.

The date and place are given by Uhlirz and by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Kloster Brauweiler bei Köln.

The place is given by Uhlirz. Ezzo was possibly buried first in Augsburg, and then transferred to Köln.

Relationships

Father: Hermann “Pusillus”, count palatine in Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Uhlirz and by Parisse.

Mother: Heylwig.

This relationship is given by Uhlirz, by Parisse, and by Cawley. Cawley notes that she was from the family of Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg.

Spouse: Mathilde.

This relationship is given by Uhlirz and by Parisse.

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 Uhlirz and Cawley.)

Richeza (died 21 March 1063) married Mieszko II Lambert, king of Poland.

Ludolf (died 11 April 1031) married Mathilde von Zutphen.

Otto (died 7 September 1047), duke of Swabia.

Hermann (died 11 February 1056), Erzbischof von Köln.

Adelheid, Abbess in Nivelles.

Theophano (died 5 March 1056), Abbess in Essen.

Heylwig (died September 1076), Abbess in Neuß.

Mathilde, Abbess in Dietkirchen and Villich.

Sophie, Abbess in Mainz and Gandersheim.

Ida (died April 1060), Abbess in St. Maria ad Gradus in Köln.

References

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

Parisse, M. "Ezzo" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Uhlirz, Mathilde. “Ezzo”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959), S. 715 f. [Onlinefassung]