Burkhard (Ostmark)
Burkhard or Burchard (* after 926 ; † around 981 ?) Was the first margrave of the Marcha orientalis (Ostmark, later Austria) after Otto I's victory over the Hungarians (955). With him begins the re-establishment of the mark, which had been devastated since the Hungarian invasions (907 defeat of a Bavarian army near Pressburg).
Burkhard came from a noble, but only "moderately wealthy" family, and gained power and influence in the wake of the Bavarian Duke Heinrich I. So he became the owner of the Regensburg Burgraviate , which had only recently been established, and married a sister of Heinrich's wife Judith . Between 970 and 972 he is mentioned several times as Margrave of the Ostmark.
Burkhard resided as margrave possibly in Pöchlarn , which brings him in some interpretations in connection with Rüdiger von Bechelaren ( Nibelungenlied ).
In 976 he was followed by Leopold I from Babenberg , whose family then ruled the Ostmark and later the Duchy of Austria for over 250 years. It is unclear whether Burkhard had already died at that time or whether he had participated in Duke Heinrich II's opposition to King Otto II and was deposed.
Remarks
- ^ Burkhard (Margrave) from OSTMARK
- ↑ a b Alois Schmid (Ed.): Handbook of Bavarian History . Vol. 1: Old Bavaria. Part 1: From Prehistory to the High Middle Ages. Verlag CH Beck , Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-68325-1 , pp. 277f., 286.
literature
- Max Büdinger: Burchard, Margrave of the Bavarian Ostmark . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 561.
Web links
- Entry on Burkhard Burchard in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burkhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burchard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margrave of the Marchia Orientalis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | after 926 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 981 |