Rikdag
Rikdag | |
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| Margrave of Meissen | |
| Reign | 979–985 |
| Died | c. 985 |
| Buried | Gerbstedt Abbey |
| Spouse(s) | ? |
| Father | Volkmar I, Count of the Harzgau (?) |
| Mother | ? |
Rikdag, also called Ricdag, Riddag, or Rihdag (died 985), was
Life
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Rikdag possibly is a progenitor of the House of Wettin, the son of Volkmar I (d. before 961), a Saxon count in the Harzgau. He is mentioned as an agnatic relative of Theodoric I of Wettin, who was raised at the Meissen court, however, the exact circumstances of their family relationship are not known.
Ricdag's daughter, Oda or Hunilda, married
Rikdag was documented as a count in the
In 983, following word of the defeat of Emperor
In 985, Ricdag and his sister, Eilsuit, founded the nunnery of Gerbstedt, in which he was buried and she was first abbess. Ricdag's and Dietrich's deaths in that same year were a severe setback on the middle border. By an unnamed wife, Ricdag, beside the aforementioned Oda, left a son and another daughter: Charles (died 28 April 1014), who was count in the Schwabengau in 992 and who was unjustly deprived of his benefices because of false accusations, and Gerburga (died 30 October 1022), who was later abbess of Quedlinburg.
References
- Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.
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