Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lorraine

Abt 955 - 1034  (79 years)

• Name	Ezzo
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 955  [1]
  General Information	He was also the Lord of Duisburg and Kaiserwerth. He was also known as Erenfried of the Rheinphapz. His first name was also spelt as Edzo.  [1, 2, 3]
  Education	say 965 (Age 10)	Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany   [3]
  He was sent as a child to be educated by Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg (episcopate 923–973), a relative of his mother. Nothing more is known about his youth.
  Land/House	996 (Age 41)  [3]
  At the death of his father in 996, Herman's rich allodial property was shared between his sons. Ezzo received lands in Cochem on the Mosel river, in Maifeld, the Flamersheimer Wald and estates around Tomburg Castle near Rheinbach, as well as half the usufruct of Villewaldin. About the same time, he must have received the Palatinate and previous countal rights, as he is referred as count in the Auelgau in 1015 and as Count Palatine in the Bonngau in 1020. He also received the county of Ruhrgau with tutelage of Essen Abbey.
  Miscellaneous	1002 (Age 47)  [3]
  Unsuccessful candidate to the imperial throne upon the death of Emperor Otto III in 1002, his relation with the new Ottonian king Henry II was immediately very tensed. Henry disputed Ezzo's ownership of territories, that he defended as his wife's inheritance of late Otto III. The conflict dragged on for years and reached its peak in 1011. Facing disturbances in Lotharingia, and in need for Ezzo's military support, Henry was forced to come to terms. Ezzo's victory led the king to make concessions and to a complete transformation of its policy. He reconciled with Ezzo, recognized its rights of inheritance and gave him the royal territories of Kaiserswerth, Duisburg as well as Saalfeld in Thuringia for renouncing to the throne. He also associated the Ezzonid dynasty to his Eastern policies, and mediated the marriage of Ezzo's daughter Richeza with the heir to the Polish throne Mieszko II Lambert.
  Death	21 May 1034	Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany   [1, 2]
  Burial	—	Brauweiler Abbey, Brauweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1]
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lorraine,   b. Abt 955   d. 21 May 1034, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany  (Age 79 years) ▻ Matilda of Saxony,  m. 991 ;   a concubine + 2. Henry, Pfalzgrave of Lorraine, Count in the Zulpichgau   d. 29 Sep 1033 ▻ + 3. Hermann II of Safenberg, Lord of Norvenich and Count in the Keldachgau, Governor of Dentz   d. After 1041 ▻   4. Count Hezelin
  Person ID	I3458	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Hermann I "Pusillus", Count in the Bonngau   d. 16 Jul 996
  Mother	Heilwig von Dillingen
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda of Saxony,   b. 981   d. 4 Nov 1025, Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	991  [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 36 years - She : ~ 10 years.
  Children	+ 1. Liudolf, Governor of Brauweiler,   b. Abt 1000   d. 10 Apr 1031 (Age 31 years) + 2. Otto, Count of Palatine of Lorraine of Lotharingia   d. 1047   3. Herman, Archbishop of Cologne,   b. 995   d. 1056 (Age 61 years)   4. Theophanu, Abbess of Essen and Gerresheim   d. 1058 + 5. Richenza of Pfalz-Lorraine, Queen of Poland,   b. Abt 1000   d. 21 Mar 1063, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany (Age 63 years)   6. Adelheid, Abbess of Nivelles   d. Abt 1030   7. Heilwig, Abbess of Neuss   8. Mathilde, Abbess of Dietkirchen and Vilich   9. Sophie, Abbess of St. Maria, Mainz   10. Ida, Abbess of Cologne and Gandersheim Abbey   d. 1060
  Family ID	F2849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family 2	a concubine
  Marriage	Type: They were not married  [3]
  Children	1. Henry, Abbot of Gorze,   b. 1055   d. 1093 (Age 38 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Education - say 965 - Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany Death - 21 May 1034 - Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany Burial - — - Brauweiler Abbey, Brauweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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