Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen

Egbert I of Meissen (c. 1036; † January 11, 1068 ) from the family of Brunonen was a Saxon Count and Margrave of Meissen.

Life

He was the son of the Saxon nobles Liudolf and his wife Gertrude the Elder of Brunswick, from whom he inherited the African bruno owned by Brunswick. For his ostfälische County since 1051 was a Lehnsabhängigkeit against the Bishop of Hildesheim. In addition, acquired Ekbert various Frisian counties under suzerainty of the Archbishop of Hamburg -Bremen. Although closely related to the Salian dynasty, is Ekbert participated in 1062 in the kidnapping of minors King Henry IV at the coup of Kaiserwerth. In 1067, Egbert was invested with the March of Meissen.

He was married since 1058 with Irmgard of Turin from the family of Arduine, the widow of Otto of Schweinfurt († 1057 ) and by her sister Adelheid aunt of the Empress Bertha ( Bertha of Turin), the wife of Henry IV was succeeded by his son Egbert II. , after whose death the kid Wi bruno African ownership in 1090 fell to his sister Gertrude the younger of Braunschweig.

Ekbert promoted trade in Braunschweig and is probably the founder of the local Cyriakus pin, which was a family pen and grave lay the Brunonen.