Eckard I (Ekkehard; c. 960 – 30 April 1002) was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that...

Eckard II (German: Ekkehard; c. 985 – 24 January 1046) was Margrave of Lusatia (as Eckard I) from 1034 and Margrave of Meissen from 1038 until his death...

One of them, Duke Henry IV of Bavaria, promised the Margraviate of Meissen to Bolesław in exchange for his assistance against Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen...

Herman I (German: Hermann; c. 980 – 1 November 1038) was Margrave of Meissen from 1009 until his death. He was the eldest son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen...

Hungarians Ruled by the Margraves of Meissen 1000–1002 Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen since 985, assassinated 1002–1003 William II, Count of Weimar 1046–1062...

death supported one of Otto's followers, Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen for the position of Holy Roman Emperor, against the claims of Henry II. After both...

This article lists the margraves of Meissen, a march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. King Henry the Fowler, on his...

child of Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen by his wife Suanhilde (in turn daughter of Hermann Billung, Margrave of Saxony), Oda belonged to one of the most...

the younger brother of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen, and possibly half-brother (or brother-in-law) of the Polish prince Bolesław I the Brave. Gunzelin...

were the Dukes of the Empire, but Eckard I of Meissen also actively competed though he was only a Margrave. According to Thietmar of Merseburg he is...

Partitioned Poland Bolesław I was married twice before he succeeded his father in 992: with a daughter of Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen (probably called Hunilda...

were pushed back west of the Elbe. Margrave Eckard I from Thuringia succeeded Rikdag as Margrave of Meissen in 985. His descendants of the Ekkeharding noble...

became Margrave of Lusatia upon the death of Margrave Eckard II of Meissen in 1046. Dietrich married Mathilda, daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen. They...

The Polish ruler also allied with Margrave Eckard of Meissen to contain the influence of the Přemyslid dukes of Bohemia.[citation needed] In 1000 Bolesław...

by late Margrave Eckard II of Meissen under his rule. William remained a loyal supporter of the ruling Salian dynasty and, upon the death of the emperor...

bishop of Sherborne January 23 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980) April 23 – Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester April 30 – Eckard I, margrave of Meissen May...

member of the House of Ascania, was Margravine of Meissen from 1038 until 1046, by marriage to Margrave Eckard II. She is also called Uta of Naumburg...

was part of the Margraviate of Meissen under Margrave Eckard I. At the same time the Polan duke of the later Kingdom of Poland raised claims to the Lusatian...

23 – Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester April 30 – Eckard I, margrave of Meissen May 6 – Ealdwulf, archbishop of York August 8 – Al-Mansur, Umayyad vizier and...

Meissen from 1069. He was the second son of Dietrich II of Wettin and Matilda, daughter of Eckard I of Meissen. Dedi inherited the Ostmark from its last...

of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire. The margravines of Meissen were the consorts of the margraves of Meissen....

count Rikdag. His widow Swanehilde married Rikdag's successor Margrave Eckard I of Meissen.[citation needed] Bernhardt (1993), p. 170 Bernhardt (1993),...

Thietmar of Merseburg, Margrave Eckard I (d. 1002) was appointed Thuringian duke. After his assassination 1002, Count William II of Weimar acted as Thuringian...

Sophia of Gandersheim, acted as true kingmakers, having rejected Margrave Eckard of Meissen (who discounted their influence) as candidate for kingship. Together...

years old. Werner abducted Liutgard, the eldest child of Eckard I of Meissen, from the castle of Quedlinburg and, in January 1003, married her. That same...

allies. Of the major candidates seeking to succeed to the German throne, Bolesław I supported Margrave Eckard I of Meissen over Henry. Only after Eckard was...

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945-1014), daughter of Hermann Billung, Margrave of Saxony, and wife of Thietmar and Eckard I, Margraves of Meissen Swanhild, abbess of Herford Abbey in...

Poland from 965. He left three sons: Eckard I, who succeededed Rikdag as Margrave of Meissen in 985; Gunzelin of Kuckenburg, who followed his brother...

was a younger son of Margrave Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia and his wife Mathilda, a daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen. When his father...