Also spelt Eckard. Margrave of Meissen; Margrave of Lusatia. Last member of the House of Ekkeharding.
Eckard II was a younger son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen and his wife Swanehilde. Eckard was a count in the Gau Chutizi east of Merseburg as well as in the burgward of Teuchern. Upon the assassination of his father in 1002, Eckard II and his elder brother Herman I ruled over the Ekkeharding allodial lands. About 1026, Eckard married Uta von Ballensted. The marriage remained childless.
Eckard II and his brother Herman had the seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz relocated to Naumburg Cathedral in 1028–29. In 1034 Eckard II became Margrave of Lusatia (Lower Lusatia). Four years later he succeeded his brother Hermann as Margrave of Meissen.
Eckard died during a Saxon epidemic of 1046. He and his wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized by their famous donor portraits by the Naumburg Master in the Naumburg Cathedral.
C.Smith
Eckard II was a younger son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen and his wife Swanehilde. Eckard was a count in the Gau Chutizi east of Merseburg as well as in the burgward of Teuchern. Upon the assassination of his father in 1002, Eckard II and his elder brother Herman I ruled over the Ekkeharding allodial lands. About 1026, Eckard married Uta von Ballensted. The marriage remained childless.
Eckard II and his brother Herman had the seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz relocated to Naumburg Cathedral in 1028–29. In 1034 Eckard II became Margrave of Lusatia (Lower Lusatia). Four years later he succeeded his brother Hermann as Margrave of Meissen.
Eckard died during a Saxon epidemic of 1046. He and his wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized by their famous donor portraits by the Naumburg Master in the Naumburg Cathedral.
C.Smith
Also spelt Eckard. Margrave of Meissen; Margrave of Lusatia. Last member of the House of Ekkeharding.
Eckard II was a younger son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen and his wife Swanehilde. Eckard was a count in the Gau Chutizi east of Merseburg as well as in the burgward of Teuchern. Upon the assassination of his father in 1002, Eckard II and his elder brother Herman I ruled over the Ekkeharding allodial lands. About 1026, Eckard married Uta von Ballensted. The marriage remained childless.
Eckard II and his brother Herman had the seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz relocated to Naumburg Cathedral in 1028–29. In 1034 Eckard II became Margrave of Lusatia (Lower Lusatia). Four years later he succeeded his brother Hermann as Margrave of Meissen.
Eckard died during a Saxon epidemic of 1046. He and his wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized by their famous donor portraits by the Naumburg Master in the Naumburg Cathedral.
C.Smith
Eckard II was a younger son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen and his wife Swanehilde. Eckard was a count in the Gau Chutizi east of Merseburg as well as in the burgward of Teuchern. Upon the assassination of his father in 1002, Eckard II and his elder brother Herman I ruled over the Ekkeharding allodial lands. About 1026, Eckard married Uta von Ballensted. The marriage remained childless.
Eckard II and his brother Herman had the seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz relocated to Naumburg Cathedral in 1028–29. In 1034 Eckard II became Margrave of Lusatia (Lower Lusatia). Four years later he succeeded his brother Hermann as Margrave of Meissen.
Eckard died during a Saxon epidemic of 1046. He and his wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized by their famous donor portraits by the Naumburg Master in the Naumburg Cathedral.
C.Smith
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