Thietmar I. (Meissen)

Thietmar I. (* around 920; † between May 10 and July 14, 978, according to other sources † August 3, after 979) was Count in Schwabengau from 944 , Count in Gau Serimunt from around 970 and Margrave of Meißen and from 976 Merseburg .

Life

Thietmar was the son of Count Christian , brother of Archbishop Gero of Cologne and, through his mother Hidda, nephew of Margrave Gero . After the death of his uncle, Thietmar I gained power and dignity, as he inherited large parts of his marrow , in particular the Hardagau , Swabian and Northern Thuringia and the Hassegau .

He married Suanhilde (* 945/955; † November 26, 1014), a daughter of Hermann Billung from the Billunger family . Margrave Gero II descended from this marriage .

Thietmar was buried in the monastery in Nienburg .

After Thietmar's death, Suanhilde married Ekkehard I of Meißen before 1000 .

literature

Hans-Jürgen Pohl: The Meissnian margraves before the Wettins. Publishing, Advertising and Philaservice Schmidt, Oschatz 2009, p. 13 f.

Web links

Thietmar in the genealogy of the Middle Ages

Remarks

↑ A certificate from Emperor Otto II dated July 14, 978 mentions the dead Thietmar, from whose inheritance he is giving away shares. In Merseburg it is only attested in 979; a Meißner document from 979 also mentions a margrave "Diemo" (nick form of Thietmar). The resulting conflict is resolved by bringing the acts of these instruments forward to the year 977. Cf. Gabriele Rupp: Die Ekkehardiner, Margraves of Meißen and their relations to the empire and to the Piasts (= European university publications. Series 3: History and their auxiliary sciences. Vol. 691). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49868-3 , pp. 20, 48
^ During Gunther's exile from Merseburg .

↑ In the area of today's Halberstadt.

predecessor	Office	successor
Wigbert	Margrave of Meissen 976–978	Gunther von Merseburg

personal data
SURNAME	Thietmar I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Diemo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nobleman, Margrave of Meißen and Margrave of Merseburg
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	between May 10, 978 and July 14, 978

[1] A certificate from Emperor Otto II dated July 14, 978 mentions the dead Thietmar, from whose inheritance he is giving away shares. In Merseburg it is only attested in 979; a Meißner document from 979 also mentions a margrave "Diemo" (nick form of Thietmar). The resulting conflict is resolved by bringing the acts of these instruments forward to the year 977. Cf. Gabriele Rupp: Die Ekkehardiner, Margraves of Meißen and their relations to the empire and to the Piasts (= European university publications. Series 3: History and their auxiliary sciences. Vol. 691). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49868-3 , pp. 20, 48

[2] During Gunther's exile from Merseburg .

[3] In the area of today's Halberstadt.