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mergefrom|Eckhart|Eckart|date=December 2011 Ekkehard is a German given name. It is composed of the elements ekke "edge, blade; sword" and hart "brave; hardy". Variant forms include Eckard, Eckhard, Eckhart , Eckart . The Old English|Anglo-Saxon form of the name was Ecgheard , possibly attested in the toponym Eggerton .
Middle Ages
It was the name of five monks of the Abbey of Saint Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century:
Ekkehard I (d. 973)
Ekkehard II (d. 990)
Ekkehard III
Ekkehard IV (d. c. 1056)
Ekkehard V (d. c. 1220)
It was also the name of two Margraves of Meissen , Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen|Eckard I (d. 1002) and Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen|Eckard II (d. 1046).
Ekkehard of Huysburg (d. 1084) was an abbot of Huysburg Abbey. Ekkehard of Aura (d. 1126) was a chronicler and abbot of Aura Abbey .
Meister Eckhart (d. c. 1327) was a Medieval philosophy|philosopher and German mysticism|mystic .
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