Ekkehard of Aura

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Crusader historian

Places

Germany

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Writer Historian

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Literature Social science

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1050 People who share this birthday

Death

1 January 1140 People who died on this day

Place of death

Aura an der Saale, Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria

Age

90 years

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Biography

Ekkehard of Aura (Latin: Ekkehardus Uraugiensis; died 1126) was the Abbot of Aura (a monastery founded by Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, on the Franconian Saale river, near Bad Kissingen, Bavaria) from 1108. A Benedictine monk and chronicler, he made updates to the World Chronicle (Chronicon universale) of Frutolf of Michelsberg adding important German history between 1098 and 1125 during the reign of Emperor Henry V, in which he sided strongly with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy. He was a participant in the Crusade of 1101 (Lerner, 1989), and provided important source material for the Rhineland massacres of Jews and for the First Crusade.

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