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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Burchard I (died 5 or 2 3 November 911) was the duke of Alamannia from 909 to his death and ma rgrave of Rhaetia, as well as count in the Thurgau and Baar. Born betw een 855 and 860, he was the son of Adalbert II, count in the Thurgau . He himself married Liutgard of Saxony. By 900, Burchard was alread y the most powerful man in Swabia. In 904, he was the administrator o f the lands of the abbey of Lorsch in Swabia. He succeeded, around 909 , Ruadulf (a Welf) as dux or marchio (duke or margrave) of Raetia Secu nda (the borderlands of Rhaetia). Burchard entered into a conflict wit h the Count Palatine Erchanger and Bishop Solomon III of Constance, wh o were loyal to King Conrad I. Burchard was captured and charged wit h high treason. He was found guilty by the tribal council and executed , along with his brother, Adalbert III of Thurgau. His son, Burchard I I, and daughter-in-law, Regelinda, left for Italy, either exiled or ta king refuge. Their Rhaetian estates were lost, though later recovered . Burchard I's second son, Odalric, had already died young. His daugh ter Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald, Coun t of Dillingen (d. 909). [1] Their children included Ulrich of Augsbur g. [2] The state of Swabia relative to the other stem duchies was hig hly disorganized at the time of Burchard I and he was never duke in th e sense of the later dukes. He is usually called such only to distingu ish him as the most powerful man in the duchy and the forerunner of th e later dukes: the first being Erchanger, proclaimed duke by the nobil ity, but not the king, in 915. '''References''' ^ Profile of Burchar d I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley ^ Profil e of Hupald and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley Le yser, Karl. Communications and Power in Medieval Europe: The Carolingi an and Ottonian Centuries. London, 1994. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedL ands/SWABIA.htm BURKHARD [I], son of ADALBERT [II] "der Erlauchte" Gr af im Thurgau [Hunfridinger] & his wife --- (-killed in battle [5 Nov ] 911). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet be en identified. Markgraf in Rätien 891/911. "Hludowicus… rex" confir med privileges to Kloster St Gallen by charter dated 24 Jun 903 in whi ch among "fidelium nostrum" was listed "Purchart marchio Curiensis Ræ tiæ" [D LK 20, p. 125]. "Hludowicus…rex" confirmed an exchange of p roperties between Kloster Fulda and Kloster Echternach after consultin g "fidelium nostrorum comitum vero Kebeharti, Liutpoldi, Burcharti, Eg inonis, Liutfredi, Iringi et Cunpoldi" by charter dated 19 Mar 907 [ D LK 53, p. 178]. "Hludowicus… rex" donated property "in pago Palani choge in comitatu Egenonis in loco Ingilinstat" to Hatto Archbishop o f Mainz after consulting "fidelium nostrorum comitum vero Burchardi, E genonis et Ysaac" by charter dated 8 Jun 908 [D LK 60, p. 189]. [Duk e of Swabia]. Herimannus records the death in 911 of "Burchardus dux A lamanniæ… orto tumultu occisus est" [''Herimanni Augiensis Chronico n'' 911, MHG SS V, p. 111]. The ''Annales Alamannicorum'' record tha t "Purghart comes et princeps Alamannorum" was killed in 911 by "Anshe lmo" [''Annales Alammanicorum Continuatio Sangallensis altera'' 911, M GH SS I, p. 55]. m ---. The name of Burkhard's wife is not known.