Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen

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Egbert I
Gertrude
FatherLiudolf, Margrave of Frisia
MotherGertrude of Egisheim-Dagsburg

Egbert I (

Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. His mother was Gertrude, the sister of Pope Leo IX
.

Egbert was the scion of the influential

Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
.

Although closely related to the

King Henry IV and his regent mother, the Empress Agnes
.

In 1058, Egbert married

Henry von Eilenburg
.

References

Sources

  • Flathe. "Ekbert I." Deutsche Biographie. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 5. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
Brunonen
 Died: 11 January 1068
Preceded by
Otto I
Margrave of Meissen

1067–1068
Succeeded by