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Birth:          ABT  930 
Death:          13 Jul  982 Pssano in Calabria
Cause of Death: killed in battle

Notes
removed as Margrave in 976/977
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther,_Margrave_of_Merseburg
Gunther (German: Günther) (died 13 July 982) was the Margrave of Merseburg from 
965 until his death, upon which the march of Merseburg was united to that of Meissen.

Gunther was a scion of the Ekkeharding noble family first recorded around Naumburg, 
which may be affiliated with the Ottonian dynasty. In 962, he was already regarded as 
a margrave in the newly created Diocese of Magdeburg, alongside Count Wigger of 
Bilstein and Wigbert.

He was appointed to the newly created Merseburger march by Emperor Otto I following 
the death of Margrave Gero the Great in 965, after which the Marca Geronis was split 
in several smaller parts. The establishment of the march was followed by the 
Merseburg diocese under Bishop Boso in 968.

Gunther supported Duke Henry II the Quarrelsome of Bavaria in his revolt against 
Emperor Otto II and was therefore deposed as margrave and banished in 976, while 
his march fell to Thietmar of Meissen. Gunther nevertheless became reconciled with 
Otto II and after Thietmar's death in 979 was reinstalled as margrave.

He joined Otto's campaign in Calabria in 982 and died there in the Battle of Stilo 
against the Saracens.[1] He was succeeded by Rikdag, who then united the marches 
of Meissen, Merseburg and Zeitz under his rule.

According to chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg, Gunther may have been married to 
Dobrawa, daughter of Duke Boleslaus the Cruel of Bohemia and consort of Duke 
Mieszko I of Poland from 965. He left three sons: Eckard I, who succeededed Rikdag 
as Margrave of Meissen in 985; Gunzelin of Kuckenburg, who followed his brother in 
1002, and Bruno, who defended Meissen against the troops of duke Boleslaw I 
Chrobry of Poland in 1009.

Parents
____ Eckard II (ABT  900 - 6 Sep  954)
----- ----- ()

Siblings
VON MERSEBURG Gunter (ABT  930 - 13 Jul  982)

Marriage To ____ Daubravka (ABT  931 -  977)
    m.  dv. BEF  965 

Notes

Parents
____ Boleslaw (Boleslav) I "the Cruel" (ABT  915 - 15 Jul  972)
OF STOCKOW Biagota (ABT  901 - )

Children by ____ Daubravka ABT  931 -  977
____ Ekkhard I (ABT  960 - 30 Apr 1002)

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