According to one proposal, he was a son of Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau, near Bonn, and Zülpichgau.
He could otherwise be the same as Ehrenfrid, son of Ricfrid, from the northern Rhineland.
Possibly he was also the count of this name in the Hattuariergau (947) and in the neighbouring Tubalgau (Duffelgau) (948), further north.
In this period there was also count of this name in the Belgian county of Huy, who was possibly also Vogt of Stavelot Abbey.
It is proposed that he married Richwara (died 10 July 963) and had issue: This article about a German count is a stub.