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____ Burchard I
Birth: ABT 865
Death: Nov 911
Cause of Death: slain
Notes
also Count in the Bertoldbar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burchard_I,_Duke_of_Swabia
Burchard I (died 5 or 23 November 911) was the Duke of Alamannia from 909 to his
death and margrave of Raetia Curiensis, as well as Count in the Thurgau and Baar.
Born between 855 and 860, He was the son of Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany,
Count in the Thurgau. Burchard married Liutgard of Saxony. He is a direct ascendant
of Queen Elizabeth II.
By 900, Burchard was already the most powerful man in Swabia. In 904, he was the
administrator of the lands of the abbey of Lorsch in Swabia. He succeeded, around
909, Ruadulf (a Welf) as dux or marchio (duke or margrave) of Raetia Secunda (the
borderlands of Rhaetia). Burchard entered into a conflict with the Count Palatine
Erchanger and Bishop Solomon III of Constance, who were loyal to King Conrad I.
Burchard was captured and charged with high treason. He was found guilty by the
tribal council and executed, along with his brother, Adalbert III of Thurgau. His son,
Burchard II, and daughter-in-law, Regelinda, left for Italy, either exiled or taking
refuge. Their Rhaetian estates were lost, though later recovered. Burchard I's second
son, Odalric, had already died young.
His daughter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Count of
Dillingen (d. 909).[1] Their children included Ulrich of Augsburg.[2]
The state of Swabia relative to the other stem duchies was highly disorganized at the
time of Burchard I and he was never duke in the sense of the later dukes. He is
usually called such only to distinguish him as the most powerful man in the duchy and
the forerunner of the later dukes: the first being Erchanger, proclaimed duke by the
nobility, but not the king, in 915.
Parents
____ Adalbert "the Illustrious" (ABT 837 - Sep 915)
OF FRIULI Judith (ABT 845 - AFT 902)
Siblings
____ Burchard I (ABT 865 - Nov 911)
Marriage To OF SAXONY Liutgard (ABT 845 - 17 Nov 885)
m. 882
Notes
Parents
____ Liudolf ( 806 - 11 Mar 866)
BILLUNG Oda (ABT 810 - )
Children by OF SAXONY Liutgard ABT 845 - 17 Nov 885
____ Burchard II (ABT 885 - 29 Apr 926)
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