Erenfried II.

Erenfried II. (Documented 942-966; † before 970) was a Rhenish Dynast from the family of Ezzonen . His parents cannot be determined with certainty.

He himself had the count's office on the Rhine in Zülpichgau (942), in Bonngau (945), in Hattuarien with its Untergauen, Düffelgau (947), Mühlgau (966) and probably the Gilde- / Keldagau , as well as in the Ruhrgau or in the Duisburg- Kaiserswerther County (950). In addition, he held the county of Huy on the middle Meuse and the bailiwick of the Stablo monastery (943–956). His brother, his nephews and his son also ruled in the Auelgau , which can therefore also be counted as part of the family's property. This accumulation of counties within the Duchy of Lower Lorraine made him a competitor of the sovereign, whose center of activity, however, should be seen more in other areas of the Duchy anyway.

Erenfried II was married to Richwara, whose origin is unknown and who died before 963. The couple had at least one son:

Hermann Pusillus ; † 996, 972, 992, 993 Graf im Bonngau, 978, 978 Graf im Eifelgau , 976 Graf in Gerresheim , d. H. in Duisburg-Kaiserswerther Grafschaft, 981 Graf im Zülpichgau, around 985/989 Count Palatine of (Lower) Lothringen , 996 Graf im Auelgau; ∞ Heylwig from the family of St. Ulrich , Bishop of Augsburg ; † 22nd of January …

An identity of Erenfried II and Count Immo , attested in 959, is rejected by recent research.

literature

Helmuth Kluger: Propter claritatem generis . In: Hanna Vollrath , Stefan Weinfurter (Ed.): Cologne. City and diocese in church and empire of the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Odilo Engels on his 65th birthday . Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1993, pp. 223-258, here p. 230ff.
Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume I.2 (1999) Plate 201.

Individual evidence

↑ Helmuth Kluger: Propter claritatem generis . In: Hanna Vollrath , Stefan Weinfurter (Ed.): Cologne. City and diocese in church and empire of the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Odilo Engels on his 65th birthday . Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1993, p. 231.

personal data
SURNAME	Erenfried II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Rhenish nobleman from the Ezzonen family
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century or 10th century
DATE OF DEATH	before 970

[1] Helmuth Kluger: Propter claritatem generis . In: Hanna Vollrath , Stefan Weinfurter (Ed.): Cologne. City and diocese in church and empire of the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Odilo Engels on his 65th birthday . Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 1993, p. 231.