Kind(eren):
The following information is from a post-em by Curt Hoffeman,(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX):
Birth: 934 in of Niedenoesterreich, Austria
Not sure where the date came from but it looks kinda late considering hisdau Richwara's husband Liutpold was supposedly b. 923 (Moriarty, Turton)or ca 932 (ES 1:9) plus Ernst IV's son Ernst V d. 956.
Also, there's only one 'n' in Niederösterreich (ö can also be spelledoe). Nieder means lower in elevation & Österreich means eastern realm.Österreich is the modern German word for the country of Austria.Niederösterreich is the modern eastern & northernmost province of Austriathat surrounds Vienna & certainly did not exist as such 1,000 years ago.What existed back then was the Bavarian Östmark (eastern frontier).
It is also doubtful that he was born in what is now Niederösterreich.That area had been invaded by Magyars & it wasn't until the Battle ofLechfeld in 955 that emperor Otto I with Ernst, count of Sualafeld(probably Ernst V) defeated them decisively enough that the Bavariansbecame dominant over Austria. Liutpold became a Margrave of it 976.
Sualafeld was a county between the Danube & the Rezat (rivers) which isroughly the area from Nürnberg/Nuremberg south to Donauworth in thenorthern half of the modern state of Bavaria.
For a 4 gen ancestry of Ernst IV, see the SGM archives, 13 Feb 2000 msgfrom Leo Akershoek. He didn't say where his info came from & thus farI'm unable to corroborate it. You'd think if genealogists/historianshave given Ernst the number IV, his antecedents who had numbers I thruIII have to be in some source somewhere.
Regards,
Curt
Note: Leo Akershoek states that Ernst IV of Sualafeld died in 914, whilehis son Ernst V died c956. This would indicate that Richiza/Richwara wasdaughter of Ernst V (by Leo's numbering). Most people haveRichiza/Richwara as daughter of Ernst IV (Leo also has Richiza asdaughter of Ernst IV, but I firmly believe he is in error due to hiserroneous numbering). I am using Leo's dates, but am subtracting onefrom Leo's numbers to keep it in synch with other people's numbering. Leostarts numbering from the Margraves of Nordgau, while I assume mostothers start with the Counts of Sualafeld (numbers generally go withtitles).