Burkhard, Margrave of Austria
Burkhard Earl of
March of Austria, after its recapture at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld
.
When German king
Reichstag of Regensburg in 976, when the territory was given to Leopold of Babenberg
.
From 970 to 972 Burkhard was multiple mentioned as Margrave of marchia orientalis.Henry I of Augsburg.
Burkhard`s residence at marchia orientalis was probalbly at Poechlarn, this connects him in context with Rüdiger of Bechelaren (The song of the Nibelungs).
The German name for Austria was only first mentioned as Ostarrichi in a famous document of 996.
See also
References
- ^ Alois Schmid (Hrsg.): Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte. Bd. 1: Das Alte Bayern. Teil 1: Von der Vorgeschichte bis zum Hochmittelalter. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-68325-1, S. 277f., 286
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