King Henry IV. and his army lay siege to three castles of Count Ekbert of Formbach during the winter, taking them with siege engines and forcing the count and his family into exile in Hungary.
Dehinc assumptis secum ducis Boemiorum, illorum provincialium, militaribus copiis, Eggibertum, non parvae valentiae et virtutis comitem, qui sibi rebellaverat, predis, incendiis et castellorum illius obsidionibus pertinax eius devastator hostiliter impetebat. In cuius devastatione nivosas algoris nimietates sic cum suis quamquam vix perpetiens, tribus castellis illius aliquamdiu obsessis et ad ultimum bellicis instrumentis captis et destructis, pervasor durissimus hiemabat. Ipsum denique sibi resistere minime sufficientem ad regem Ungariorum cum uxore suisque omnibus fugatum exulare coegit.
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Edition :
I. S. Robinson: Bertholds und Bernolds Chroniken (FSGA 14), Darmstadt, 20-277.
