Eberhard was the eldest son and successor of Arnulf the Bad, duke of Bavaria (
907-Asia:* Oleg leads the Kievan Rus' in a campaign against Constantinople .* Abaoji is named Great Khan of the Khitan.* Yelü Abaoji establishes the Liao Dynasty.* The Tang Dynasty is ended....
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937-Europe:* Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Dublin, the Scots, and Strathclyde.* September 21 – Magdeburg is now the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, after a Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.-Asia:...
). His dukeship was short, however, for he was banished by King Otto the Great in
938-Asia:* The Liao Dynasty takes over Peking; they name Nanjing as their South Palace.* Battle of Bach Dang: Vietnam wins its independence from China....
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In
933-Europe:* Cotentin and Jersey are seized by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy.* Henry the Fowler defeats the Magyars at Riade.* The Kingdom of Lower Burgundy is given to King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy....
or
934-Europe:* The German king Henry I, the Fowler and his Christian forces defeat a heathen army under King Gnupa and conquer Hedeby.* The Eldgjá volcanic eruption is the largest basalt flood in history.-Deaths:* Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general...
, he was offered the
Iron Crown of LombardyThe Iron Crown of Lombardy is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe. It is kept in the Cathedral of Monza near Milan.-Antiquity:...
by supporters of
Rudolph II of BurgundyRudolf II was king of Upper Burgundy , Lower Burgundy , and Italy . He was the son of Rudolf I, king of Upper Burgundy, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife, Guilla of Provence...
, an opponent of Hugh of Arles, after his renunciation of all claims on the Italian throne. His campaign to Italy failed. In
935-Europe:* Estimation: Córdoba, capital of Al-Andalus, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Baghdad, capital of Abbasid caliph Ar-Radi.* Václav , Duke of the Bohemians, is murdered by his brother, Boleslav, who succeeds him....
, he was designated by his father as his heir to the duchy, without the consent of the baronage.
Eberhard was the eldest son and successor of Arnulf the Bad, duke of Bavaria (
907-Asia:* Oleg leads the Kievan Rus' in a campaign against Constantinople .* Abaoji is named Great Khan of the Khitan.* Yelü Abaoji establishes the Liao Dynasty.* The Tang Dynasty is ended....
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937-Europe:* Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Dublin, the Scots, and Strathclyde.* September 21 – Magdeburg is now the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, after a Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.-Asia:...
). His dukeship was short, however, for he was banished by King Otto the Great in
938-Asia:* The Liao Dynasty takes over Peking; they name Nanjing as their South Palace.* Battle of Bach Dang: Vietnam wins its independence from China....
.
In
933-Europe:* Cotentin and Jersey are seized by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy.* Henry the Fowler defeats the Magyars at Riade.* The Kingdom of Lower Burgundy is given to King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy....
or
934-Europe:* The German king Henry I, the Fowler and his Christian forces defeat a heathen army under King Gnupa and conquer Hedeby.* The Eldgjá volcanic eruption is the largest basalt flood in history.-Deaths:* Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general...
, he was offered the
Iron Crown of LombardyThe Iron Crown of Lombardy is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe. It is kept in the Cathedral of Monza near Milan.-Antiquity:...
by supporters of
Rudolph II of BurgundyRudolf II was king of Upper Burgundy , Lower Burgundy , and Italy . He was the son of Rudolf I, king of Upper Burgundy, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife, Guilla of Provence...
, an opponent of Hugh of Arles, after his renunciation of all claims on the Italian throne. His campaign to Italy failed. In
935-Europe:* Estimation: Córdoba, capital of Al-Andalus, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Baghdad, capital of Abbasid caliph Ar-Radi.* Václav , Duke of the Bohemians, is murdered by his brother, Boleslav, who succeeds him....
, he was designated by his father as his heir to the duchy, without the consent of the baronage. At about this time, Eberhard married Liutgard.
On his father's death, he succeeded without fanfare, but quickly came into conflict with Otto, who opposed the privileges won by Arnulf from his father, King Henry the Fowler. In two campaigns in 938, in spring and fall, Otto defeated Eberhard and banished him. In his place he appointed his uncle
BertholdBerthold , of the Luitpolding dynasty, was the younger son of Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria and Cunigunda, sister of Duke Erchanger of Swabia. He followed his nephew Eberhard as Duke of Bavaria in 938....
, duke of Carinthia. Eberhard's place of banishment and date of death are unknown. He may have died around
940-Asia:* Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur in Iraq.* Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.* The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.-Births:...
and may have fled to
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
, even assisting the rebels of
953-Europe:*First documented mention of the village of Aach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.*Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad the Red rebel against German King Otto I....
.