Ekkehard (Eggebard) (d. 844),

Count of Hesbaye The Hesbaye (French language, French, ), or Haspengouw (Dutch language, Dutch and Limburgish, ) is a traditional cultural and geophysical region in eastern Belgium. It is a loamy plateau region which forms a Drainage divide, watershed between th ...

{{cn, date=February 2018, possibly son of Nibelung,

Count of the Vexin The county of the Vexin was a medieval French county that was later partitioned between the ''Vexin Français'' (French Vexin) and the ''Vexin Normand'' (Norman Vexin). Carolingian counts * 753-764 Romuald, survivor of the Battle of Poitiers (73 ...

, and grandson of

Childebrand I Childebrand I (678 – 743 or 751) was a Frankish duke (''dux''), illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and Alpaida, and brother of Charles Martel. He was born in Autun, where he later died. He married Emma of Austrasia and was given Burgundy by ...

of Herstal. Ekkehard was a vassal of

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...

. Ekkehard apparently assumed the title of Count of Hesbaye upon the death of Robert II, although the circumstances of this transition are unknown. Ekkehard may be related to Count Meginhare. In 834, Louis was imprisoned by his son Lothair, and Ekkehard attempted to procure the release of the emperor. Louis turned the loyal barons of Austrasia and Saxony against Lothair, who fled to Burgundy. Louis was restored the next year, on 1 March 834. Ekkehard and two of his two sons were killed supporting Charles the Bald in the Battle of Toulouse in 844, fighting

Pepin II of Aquitaine Pepin II, called the Younger (823 – after 864 in Senlis), was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, Pepin I. Pepin II was eldest son of Pepin I and Ingeltrude, daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie. He ...

Sources

Reuter, Timothy (Translator and Editor), ''The Annals of Fulda'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1992 Lewis, Archibald R., ''The Dukes in the Regnum Francorum, A.D. 550-751'', Speculum 51.3, July 1976
Medieval Lands Project, Frankish Nobility
844 deaths Counts of Hesbaye Year of birth unknown