Complex sentence: This was despite strenuous objections by the Abbess Mathilde, such that Ezzo had to go to Essen to extract his bride; the marriage seems to have been designed to settle a dispute over Ottonian lands claimed by Ezzo, but was apparently very happy.
Split into simpler sentences: This was despite strenuous objections by the Abbess Mathilde, such that Ezzo had to go to Essen to extract his bride. The marriage seems to have been designed to settle a dispute over Ottonian lands claimed by Ezzo, but was apparently very happy.