Ekkehard II [SEP] date of death
Ekkehard II
Ekkehard II (died 23 April 990), called "Palatinus" ("the Courtier"), was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall who became known for his sequence poetry. 
Life.
Ekkehard was probably born in the Saint Gall area; he and his cousin Ekkehard III were nephews of Ekkehard I ("Ekkehardus Decanus"; 910–973), dean at the abbey and presumed author of the "Waltharius" poem. Ekkehard II was educated by his uncle and the monk Geraldus,
Ekkehard, Count of Hesbaye
Ekkehard (Eggebard) (d. 844), Count of Hesbaye, possibly son of Nibelung, Count of the Vexin, and grandson of Childebrand I of Herstal. Ekkehard was a vassal of Louis the Pious. 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