Ezzo (Lorraine)

Erenfrid or Ehrenfried , called Ezzo , (* around 955 in Lorraine ; † May 21, 1034 in Saalfeld / Thuringia ) was Count Palatine of Lorraine . The diminutive spellings Ezelin , Hezelin , Hezelo and Hezilo can also be found for him . His descendants are called Ezzonen .

Life

Ezzo's parents were Count Palatine Hermann I of Lothringen († 996) and Heylwig / Heilwig von Dillingen . Ezzo married Mathilde (around 979-1025), the daughter of Emperor Otto II.

In order to ensure adequate care for the emperor's daughter, Ezzo received numerous counties and bailiwicks, including the Auelgau and the Waldenburg in the Sauerland , but also the realm of Saalfeld with the royal court and the Saalfelder Höhe , the southern Orlagau with the areas southwest of Saalfeld to Mountain ridge and the area further south around the Coburg mountain along an important military and trade route from the Saale to the Main .

He controlled the major long-distance routes, e.g. B. with the help of the Tomburg near Rheinbach (from 1000) and the Siegburger Michaelsberg . This started a power struggle with the Archdiocese of Cologne . Ezzo's daughter Richeza bequeathed part of her land, including Saalfeld, the southern Orlagau and the Coburg region in 1063 to this diocese, from which the Benedictine Abbey of Saalfeld arose.

In 1024 the couple founded the Benedictine monastery Brauweiler , in which both were buried.

progeny

Ten children resulted from the marriage with Mathilde:

• Hermann II. (995-1056), Archbishop of Cologne from 1036 to 1056.
• Richeza (around 994-1063), married in 1013 to Mieszko II. Lambert , King of Poland († 1034).
• Ludolf von Brauweiler and Waldenburg (around 998-1031).
• Otto (around 998-1047), Count Palatine of Lorraine 1035-1045 and Duke of Swabia between 1045 and 1047.
• Wazela Adelheid, canoness, married Count Rutger I of Flanders.
• Ida , Abbess of St. Maria in the Capitol in Cologne and the Gandersheim Marienkloster .
• Theophanu , Abbess of Essen Abbey and Gerresheim Abbey .
• Heylwig / Heilwig, Abbess of Neuss , Vilich and Dietkirchen (across from Vilich on the other side of the Rhine)
• Sophia / Sophie († before 1031)
• Mathilde, Abbess of Dietkirchen and Vilich.

literature

• Theodor Henner:  Ezzo . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 465 f.
• Ursula Lewald: The Ezzone. The fate of a Rhenish dynasty . In: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter , Volume 43, 1979, pp. 120–168
• Ekkart Sauser :  Erenfrid (Ezzo). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 310.
• Mathilde Uhlirz:  Ezzo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 715 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Heinz Wolter: Ezzo in the portal Rheinische Geschichte

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann I.	Count Palatine of Lorraine 1015-1034	Otto