Bonngau

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The Bonngau ( Pagus Bonnensis ) was a medieval Franconian county on the Middle Rhine with the city of Bonn as its center.

Counts were:

From the Ezzone family :

  • Erenfried I († 907) Count in Bonngau and Keldachgau , ∞ Adelgunde of Burgundy, daughter of Margrave Conrad II of Burgundy
  • Eberhard I. († after 937), his son, count in 913 in Bonngau and Keldachgau
  • Erenfried II. († 970), his son, Count in Bonngau and Keldachgau
  • Ezzo or Erenfried II († before July 10, 963), his son, Count in Bonngau and Keldachgau,
  • Hermann Pusillus (around 929-996), his son, Count in Bonngau and Count Palatine of Lorraine
  • About Hermann's son Ezzo († 1035) and his sons Hermann II , Archbishop of Cologne 1035-1056 and Otto II , Count Palatine of Lorraine 1035-1045 and Duke of Swabia 1045-1047, the Bonngau passed to the Archbishopric of Cologne.

literature

  • Historical Atlas of the Rhineland. 7. Delivery, IV.9: The medieval districts, 2000, 1 map sheet, 1 booklet, edited by Thomas Bauer, ISBN 3-7927-1818-9 .