Cancor
Cancor , also Kankor, Chancor, Chancoro, Chanchuro († 771 / after 782), was Count in Alemannia and then from 758 until his death in the Upper Rhinegau . He came from the Robertin family , his father was Count or Duke Rupert / Robert I. vom Haspengau , his mother Williswint (h) / Williswinda. In 763/764 he and his mother founded the Lorsch Monastery as an own monastery . He was married to an Angilo. His two daughters Rachilt and Eufemia entered the Lorsch monastery, his son Heimrich (Heimo) († 795) was his successor.
Also related to Graf Cancor are:
- Count Thüringbert / Thurinkbert / Thuringbert, brother
- Count Palatine Anselm († 778), brother
- Abbot Robert of Saint-Germain-des-Fossés
- Bishop Chrodegang of Metz
literature
- Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch , Darmstadt 1812, p. 58 f.
- Irmgard Dienemann-Dietrich: The Franconian nobility in Alemannia in the 8th century , in: Grundfragen der Alemannischen Geschichte , 1952, pp. 149–192 (also as a reprint 1962 in VuF I, p. 163 ff.)
- Karl Glöckner: Lorsch and Lothringen, Robertiner and Capetinger , in: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins (ZGO 89), Vol. 89 / NF 50 (1937), pp. 301–354
- Karl Friedrich Werner: Significant noble families in the empire of Charlemagne , pp. 83–142, especially p. 118 ff., In: Karl der Grosse. Lifetime Achievement and Afterlife Part 1, Düsseldorf 1965
Web links
- Cancor- Graf im Rheingau , private website on the genealogy of the Rupertines
- Altenmünster , website of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Monastery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cancor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kankor; Chancor; Chancoro; Chanchuro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count in Alemannia and in the upper Rheingau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 758 |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 777 and 795 |