Ekkehard
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Ekkehard was a Germanic given name
. Eckard, Eckhard, Eckhart
, and Eckart
are modern forms. It was the name of five monks of the Abbey of Saint Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century:
And of a twelfth-century chronicler:
It was also the name of two Margraves of Meissen:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. Eckard, Eckhard, Eckhart
Eckhart
-People with the surname Eckhart:* Aaron Eckhart, an American film actor* Johann Georg von Eckhart, historian* Meister Eckhart, a German theologian and philosopher-Other:* Eckhart Tolle is a German-born writer and public speaker living in Canada....
, and Eckart
Eckart
Eckart is a German surname, and may refer to:* Anselm Eckart* Carl Eckart* Dennis E. Eckart* Dietrich Eckart* William and Jean Eckart...
are modern forms. It was the name of five monks of the Abbey of Saint Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century:
- Ekkehard IEkkehard IEkkehard I , called Major , was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was of noble birth, of the Jonschwyl family in Toggenburg, and was educated in the monastery of St. Gall; after joining the Benedictine Order, he was appointed director of the inner school there...
- Ekkehard IIEkkehard IIEkkehard II , called Palatinus , was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He and Ekkehard III were nephews of the preceding, who educated also at St. Gall his other nephews, Notker the physician and Burkard, later abbot of the monastery. Ekkehard II was taught by his uncle and the monk Geraldus, and...
- Ekkehard IIIEkkehard IIIEkkehard III was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall and a nephew of Ekkehard I and a cousin of Ekkehard II. He shared the educational advantages of his cousin and, at his invitation, accompanied him to Hohentwiel to superintend and direct the studies of the local clergy. On his return to St. Gall he...
- Ekkehard IVEkkehard IVEkkehard IV was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall and the author of the Casus sancti Galli and Liber Benedictionum.-Life:...
- Ekkehard VEkkehard VEkkehard V , called Minimus , was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He is the last of the Saint Gall Ekkehards, and flourished towards the end of the twelfth, and the beginning of the thirteenth, century. No particulars are known concerning his life, and tradition is silent as to his origin, the...
And of a twelfth-century chronicler:
- Ekkehard of AuraEkkehard of AuraEkkehard of Aura was the Abbot of Aura from 1108...
It was also the name of two Margraves of Meissen:
- Eckard I, Margrave of MeissenEckard I, Margrave of MeissenEckard I was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death, the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that dominated Meissen until the extinction of the line in 1046.-Life:...
- Eckard II, Margrave of MeissenEckard II, Margrave of MeissenEckard II was the margrave of Meissen from 1038 until his death, succeeding his brother, Herman I. His line was descended from Eckard I...