Ezzonid dynasty

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The Ezzonid dynasty was a powerful noble family in the early Holy Roman Empire that held extensive territories in Lotharingia and played a key role in imperial politics during the 10th and 11th centuries.

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Ezzonid dynasty canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble house
medieval dynasty
noble family
activeInCentury 10th century
11th century
country Holy Roman Empire
declinePeriod mid-11th century
floruit c. 950
heldTerritory Eifel region
Lower Lorraine
surface form: Lower Lotharingia

Rhine Valley
surface form: Middle Rhine region

territories along the Rhine
heldTitle Count Palatine of Lotharingia
historicalEra High Middle Ages
knownFor close ties to the German kings and emperors
extensive territorial lordship in Lotharingia
influence in royal and imperial elections
language Old High German
maritalAlliancesWith Ottonian dynasty
Piast dynasty
surface form: Piast dynasty of Poland
notableMember Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Otto I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Richeza of Lotharingia
partOf high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
playedRoleIn imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalAlignment supporters of the Salian emperors
politicalInfluence Lotharingian politics
imperial succession politics
powerBase Duchy of Lower Lotharingia
surface form: Lotharingian palatinate

Lower Rhine
predecessorInRegionalPower early Lotharingian nobility
region Kingdom of Lotharingia
surface form: Lotharingia
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus princes of the empire
successorInRegionalPower later Rhenish princely houses

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County of Berg ruledByDynasty Ezzonid dynasty