Burchard (died 3 August 908) was the Duke of Thuringia (and the Sorbian March)[1] from shortly after 892 until his death. He replaced Poppo as duke shortly after his appointment in 892, but the reasons for Poppo's leaving office are unknown. Burchard may have been a Swabian.[2]
After Burchard, no further dukes of the Thuringii are recorded, but they remained a distinct people, eventually forming a landgraviate in the High Middle Ages.[5]
Burchard left two sons, Burchard and Bardo, who were expelled from Thuringia by Henry the Fowler in 913.
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^In 903, he was recorded as Purchart marchio Thuringionum: "Burchard, margrave of Thuringia."
^Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York, NY: Longman. p. 131.
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