Ezzonids

former German state and dukedom

Polish queen consort

duke of Bavaria from 1049 to 1053

Count Palatine of Lotharingia (955–1034)

archbishop of Cologne

The Ezzonids (, ) were a dynasty of Lotharingian stock dating back as far as the ninth century. They attained prominence only in the eleventh century, through marriage with the Ottonian dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. Named after Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia from 1015 to 1034, they dominated the politics of the middle and lower Rhine and usually represented the royal interests. Under the Salian Emperors, they even briefly held the dukedoms of Swabia, Carinthia, and Bavaria.

German noble

Count of Zutphen and Waldenburg

Limburg-Hohenlimburg was a county in Germany in the Middle Ages. thumb|Hohenlimburg on the river Lenne It was created as a partition of Limburg-Isenberg by Diederck I of Isenberg, who called himself in 1246 Diederick I van Limburg. Diederik had three sons, Hendrik, Johan and Everhard. The eldest, Hendrik, died young around 1248. Brother Johan died before May 1277. Everhard died before May 28, 1308, aged 55. During their lifetime, both deceased brothers were not known by charter as Count of Limburg. In the kept original charters of January 28, 1287 and May 20, 1296, just Everhard appears as a

Archbishop of Cologne

noble family

Abt 987 - Abt 1041

German nobleman