The Medieval Elbe
Slavs and Germans on the Frontier

Wichmann

Wid III.59


III.59. At the same time, knowing that Saxony was empty of warriors, having come secretly from Gaul, Wichmann entered Saxony, revisited his marital house, and from there immersed himself again among the foreigners. Ekbert however was received into [the emperor’s] grace through the intervention of the great bishop, Brun [of Cologne].

Analysis

Brun was the younger brother of Otto I and one of his foremost representatives in western Francia, together with their sisters Gerberga and Hedwig, who married the King Louis IV and Duke Hugh "the Great" respectively.