Eckhard I of Scheyern, also Ekkehard von Scheyern ( – died before 11 May 1091), was a son of
Otto I, Count of Scheyern
Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him ''Otto II of Scheyern''; – before 4 December 1072) was the earliest known ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose relation with the House can be properly verified.
Life
Most historians belie ...
. His mother cannot be unambiguously determined because Otto I Scheyern was first married to
Haziga of Diessen (the widow of Count Herman of Kastl) and later to an unknown daughter of Count Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern, and the date of Eckhard's birth is not known.
Eckhard I was
Vogt
An , sometimes simply advocate, (German, ), or (French, ), was a type of medieval office holder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institutio ...
of
Freising
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising (district), with a population of about 50,000.
Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in ...
from 1074, and Vogt of
Weihenstephan
Weihenstephan () is a part of Freising north of Munich, Germany. It is located on the Weihenstephan Hill, named after the Weihenstephan Abbey, in the west of the city.
Weihenstephan is known for:
* the Benedictine Weihenstephan Abbey, founded 7 ...
from 1082.
Marriage and children
Eckhard was married to Richardis, a daughter of
Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola and
Sophia of Hungary
Sophia of Hungary ( – 18 June 1095), a member of the royal Árpád dynasty, was a Margravine of Istria and Carniola from about 1062 until 1070, by her first marriage with Margrave Ulric I, as well as Duchess of Saxony from 1072 until her ...
. They had three sons:
*
Udalrich I, Count of Scheyern (from 1130 provost of Freising) (
de)
*
Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach ( – 4 August 1156), also called Otto IV, Count of Scheyern, was the second son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern and Richardis of Carniola and Istria. Otto named himself ''Otto of Wittelsbach'', after Burg Wittelsbach ...
, Count Palatine of Bavaria since 1120 (d. 22 Aug 1123) (V of Wittelsbach, IV of Scheyern)
* Eckhard II of Scheyern (d. c. 1135) (
de)
Ancestry
References
Sources
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External links
Famity tree of the Counts of Scheyern-Wittelsbach-Dachau-Valley
House of Wittelsbach
Counts in Germany
11th-century births
1091 deaths
11th-century German nobility
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