Ekbertines

The Ekbertiner (also called Cobbonen ) were a Franconian noble family based in Saxony , which mainly appeared at the time of the Carolingians . Regionally, they were primarily at home in southern Westphalia between the Rhine and Weser rivers. Name giver ancestor is Ekbert , the 809 on behalf of Charlemagne the castle Esesfeld north of the Lower Elbe erected and 811 at the Eider as ambassador appeared on the scene.

The most important members of the family were:

1. Ekbert (* around 756; † after 811) ∞ Ida von Herzfeld (* around 770/775; † 825)
   1. Cobbo the Elder , envoy Ludwig II of the German , mentions Eila in 842 and 845 ∞
      1. Ekbert,
      2. Liudolf
      3. Brun
      4. Ida
      5. Heilwig
      6. Hathumod
   2. Warin , monk in Corbie Abbey , 831-856 Abbot of Corvey
   3. Liudolf († before 850) ∞ sister of Count Bardo
   4. (unsure :) Addila (Adela) ; after the death of her husband Bunicho and her sons, she went to Herford and became abbess there .
   5. Daughter (probably Ida the younger; ∞ I NN; ∞ II Graf Asig (Esiko) , descendants: the Esikonen )
      1. Haduwy (Hadewig), Abbess of Herford 858-887; ∞ Count Amalung
         1. Bennid
         2. Amalung
      2. Cobbo the Younger, in the service of Charles the Bald

Later on, other Ekbertines appeared as Abbots of Corvey:

• Bovo I. , Abbot of Corvey 879-890, nepos of Abbot Warin
• Bovo II. , Abbot of Corvey 900-916, grandson of Bovos I.
• Bovo III. , Abbot of Corvey 942-948, great-grandson of Bovos II.

literature

• Franz-Josef Jakobi: On the question of the descendants of St. Ida and the reorientation of the Saxon nobility in the Carolingian era. in: Géza Jaśzai (ed.): Saint Ida von Herzfeld, 980–1980, Festschrift for the millennial return of her canonization, Münster 1980.
• Lexicon of the Middle Ages Volume VIII, Column 249 (Warin)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Niece on the part of Warin's sister ( translatio Pusinnae , see Jakobi, p. 54).
2. ↑ Jakobi, pp. 54/55.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} after Widukind von Corvey , s. Jakobi, p. 61.