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323:, son of rebellious Duke Henry II, who was the preeminent candidate, met with strong opposition. Eckard was at that time the most obvious Saxon candidate, but the nobles were opposed to him. They only agreed to meet again at the
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records how one Saxon had taunted Eckard, saying, "Can't you see that your cart is missing its fourth wheel?" which may refer to either Eckard's seeming lack of hereditary right, although he was related distantly to the
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residence, he nevertheless had to withdraw by 987, after Eckard's forces had prevailed. According to the chronicles of
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and to support no candidate before then. The Werla meeting took place in April and Henry, through his cousins, Abbess
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from 985 until his death. He was the first margrave of the
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478:(d. after 1018), married King
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227:setbacks against the Slavic
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410:Schwanehilde (Suanhild)
335:Sophia I of Gandersheim
292:Crescentius the Younger
263:, he was later elected
253:Boleslaus II of Bohemia
162:family that ruled over
123:Schwanehilde (Suanhild)
866:House of Ekkehardiner
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404:Marriage and children
378:Thietmar of Merseburg
347:Arnulf of Halberstadt
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154:– 30 April 1002) was
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294:in 998 by storming
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214:Henry II of Bavaria
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156:Margrave of Meissen
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29:Margrave of Meissen
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521:Heckihardus
345:and Bishop
326:Kaiserpfalz
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525:Egihhartus
517:Eggihartus
513:Eggihardus
509:Ekkihardus
355:Hildesheim
313:Schönebeck
308:(allods).
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441:of Poland
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319:relative
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398:Gunzelin
374:Naumburg
367:Northeim
351:Bernward
317:Ottonian
204:diet of
145:Ekkehard
141:Eckard I
64:985–1002
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499:Rarely
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241:Milceni
192:Otto II
164:Meissen
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