Rikdag, Ricdag, Riddag, or Rihdag (died 985) was the Margrave of Meissen (or Thuringia) from 979 until his death. The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire. In 982, he acquired the marches of Merseburg and Zeitz. The Marca Geronis ("march of Gero" was a vast super-march in the middle of the tenth century The March of Zeitz (Mark Zeitz was a frontier county of the Holy Roman Empire, created through the division of the Marca Geronis in 965 when In 985, he was made count in the Schwabengau. He temporarily reunited all of the southern marca Geronis under his command. The Marca Geronis ("march of Gero" was a vast super-march in the middle of the tenth century His march fronted the Chutizi and Dalaminzi tribes.
Ricdag's daughter, Oda or Hunilda, married Boleslaus I Chrobry, who later became the King of Poland. Poland, or at least its nucleus was ruled at various times either by książęta (Dukes(ca However, this marriage alliance was cut short by the interests of power politics.
In 983, following word of the defeat of the Emperor Otto II at the Battle of Stilo, the Slavic tribes bordering eastern Saxony rebelled. For the battle called "Punta Stilo" see Battle of Calabria. The mediæval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian Stem duchy " covering the greater part of Northern Germany. Havelberg and Brandenburg were destroyed and the March of Zeitz devastated. Havelberg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. Ricdag and Dietrich of the Nordmark joined with the troops of Gisilher, Archbishop of Magdeburg and the Bishop of Halberstadt and defeated the Slavs at Belkesheim, near Stendhal. Dietrich or Theodoric of Haldensleben (also Theoderic'' died 985 was the first Margrave of the Nordmark from 965 until his deposition in 983 The Bishopric of Halberstadt (Bistum Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic Diocese from 804 until 1648 and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Henri-Marie Beyle ( January 23, 1783 &ndash March 23, 1842) better known by his Pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century Nevertheless, the Germans were once again limited to the land west of the Elbe. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe.
In 985, Ricdag and his sister, Eilsuit, founded the monastery of Gerbstedt, in which he was buried and she was first abbess. Gerbstedt is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, district Mansfeld-Südharz. Ricdag's and Dietrich's deaths in that same year were a severe setback on the middle border. By an unnamed wife, Ricdag, beside the aforementioned Oda, left a son and another daughter: Charles (died 28 April 1014), who was count in the Schwabengau in 992 and who was unjustly deprived of his benefices because of false accusations, and Gerburga (died 30 October 1022), who was later abbess of Quedlinburg. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Quedlinburg (ˈkveːdlɪnbʊʁk is a Town located north of the Harz mountains in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt
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- Thompson, James Westfall. James Westfall Thompson (1869&ndash1941 was an American historian specializing in the history of medieval and early modern Europe particularly of the Holy Roman Empire and Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. , 1928.
| Preceded by Thietmar |
Margrave of Meissen 979–985 |
Succeeded by Eckard I |
| Preceded by Gunther |
Margrave of Merseburg 982–985 |
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| Preceded by Wigger I |
Margrave of Zeitz 982–985 |
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