Ezzo
Ezzo , also Etzo , Ezo , Hetzo , Hezzo or Hezo , is the medieval abbreviation of various first names that begin with E- or He- . The diminutive for this is Ezzilo ( Essilo , Etzilo , Ezilo , Hessilo , Hezzilo , Hetzilo , Hezilo ). The diminution of the first names Ehrenfried , Ehrenfeld , Hermann and Heinrich can be proven .
Historical bearers of the name are:
- Ezzo or Ehrenfeld / Erenfried, Count in Bonngau and Keldachgau († before July 10, 963), son of Eberhard in Bonngau and grandson of Ehrenfried I. Married to a Richwara, he had one
- Son named Hermann (around 929–996), Count in Bonngau and Count Palatine of Lorraine, nicknamed “the little one” (Pusillus). This in turn is the father of:
- Hezelin, also Hezelo (Heinrich, married to a daughter of Konrad of Carinthia ), was Vogt von Kornelimünster .
- Ezzo , Count im Zülpichgau (* around 955 in the Rhineland; † December 5, 1034), Count Palatine of Lorraine. For him and his descendants, see Ezzonen .
- An alleged brother of this Ezzo, Count Hermann in Zulpichgau, on the other hand, is often represented as Hezzelin .
- Son named Hermann (around 929–996), Count in Bonngau and Count Palatine of Lorraine, nicknamed “the little one” (Pusillus). This in turn is the father of:
- Hezilo or Ezzilo, Count of Schweinfurt († 1017), Nordgaugraf and margrave, was actually and verifiably Heinrich and was the eldest son of Count Berthold I of Schweinfurt and Eilika von Walbeck.
- Ezzo († 1075), Abbot of Saalfeld
- Ezzo († around 1100), Middle High German religious poet from Bamberg
- Ezelin I , Count of Ortenburg - Altortenburg († May 17, 1446)