Serious

The Ernste were a family of the Franconian nobility , which particularly emerged in Bavaria in the 9th century. The best-known family member is the Grenzgraf Ernst († 865), who was the most important noblewoman in Bavaria after the king. His fall after a conspiracy caused the family to resign. However , they were able to keep their property in Sualafeldgau . The seriousness is attested for the last time at the beginning of the 11th century.

Tribe list

1. Ernst ∞ Wartrun
   1. Ernst I. , † 865, border count of the Bavarian Northern Gau
      1. Ernst II., † after 899, attested in 857, Count in the Suala field
         1. Ernst III.
            1. Ernst IV.
               1. Ernst V., † around 1007
               2. Hartwig, Vogt of St. Emmeram , † around 1005
               3. Guntpert, † around 1005
               4. Richwara, † July 8, 994; ∞ Leopold I , Margrave of Austria (around 940 - July 10, 994) ( Babenberger )
            2. Hartwig, Graf, † around 972
         2. Hartwig, Graf, X July 4th 907 Battle of Pressburg
         3. Guntpolt, X July 4th 907 Battle of Pressburg
         4. Daughter ; ∞ Heinrich Graf von Babenberg, attested until 934 ( Popponen )
      2. Daughter , † after July 8, 879; ∞ before 861 Karlmann , 876 King of Bavaria ( Carolingian )
   2. Daughter ; ∞ Count Gebhard im Lahngau ( Konradiner )

literature

• JPJ Gewin: Origin and history of leading Bavarian-Austrian families in the High Middle Ages
• Michael Mitterauer : Carolingian Margraves in the Southeast (1963)
• Lexicon of the Middle Ages , Volume III Column 2176
• Alfred Friese: Studies on the history of the rule of the Franconian nobility. The mainland-Thuringian region from the 7th to the 11th century (1979)

Footnotes

1. ↑ The term serious is used by Mitterauer. A branch line of the Wettins is known under the name Ernestiner
2. ↑ Friese, p. 97
3. ↑ Mitterauer