Berthold of Rheinfelden

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Berthold von Rheinfelden (* around 1060; † May 18, 1090 ) was the son of Rudolf von Rheinfelden and Duke of Swabia . His mother is not certain, and neither is the exact year of birth (around 1060?).

He succeeded his father as Duke of Swabia during his lifetime. Due to the natural death of his wife, Rudolf (antagonist to Heinrich IV.) Needed a new organizer of the southern German resistance against Heinrich IV , since Rudolf himself remained restricted to Saxony with his rule and was cut off from his southern German allies.

Heinrich then opposed Berthold to Friedrich von Büren (family of the later Staufer family ) as the new Duke of Swabia, who had numerous strategically located goods in Swabia and was thus able to effectively continue the fight of the Heinricians against the supporters of Rudolf. During the uprising of the princes against Henry IV, Swabia remained one of the main fighting areas and sank in the chaos of the civil war.

Although Berthold had the broader power base than Friedrich, he remained a duke without a profile. He left the fight against the imperial party mainly to Duke Berthold II. Von Zähringen and Welf IV. It was obvious as early as 1079 that the Zähringer von Berthold, who died in 1090 with no descendants and was buried in the monastery of St. Blasien, should take over the ducal office what then happened in 1090.

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Berthold von Rheinfelden is mostly treated in the literature in the context of Rudolf von Rheinfelden, for further literature see also article Rudolf von Rheinfelden .

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predecessor Office successor
Rudolf Duke of Swabia
around 1060-1078 		Berthold II.
personal data
SURNAME Berthold of Rheinfelden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Swabia
DATE OF BIRTH around 1060
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1090