Adalbert II of Winterthur

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Adalbert II of Winterthur (* around 1025; † June 18, 1053 at Civitate ) was Count of Winterthur .

origin

He was one of four sons of Werner I († 1040), the count of Maden , from 1030 also count of Winterthur and imperial standard bearer . Adalbert's mother was Irmgard von Nellenburg , a daughter or sister of Count Eppo von Nellenburg . He had three brothers.

Life

When his father was the standard bearer of Emperor Heinrich III on August 22, 1040 . in whose campaign against Břetislav I fell from Bohemia, Adalbert inherited the county of Winterthur. His eldest brother Werner II. Inherited his father as Count von Maden and in Neckargau as well as the Reichsbannerträger, while his brother Hermann belonged to the clergy, which excluded him from inheritance. The third brother, Liutfried, fell in the same battle as the father. When Hermann became abbot of Einsiedeln in 1051 , Adalbert donated the town of Kempten near Wetzikon to Einsiedeln Monastery in memory of his brother Liutfried, who died with his father ; this was later exchanged with Wernetshausen .

Adalbert II was also mentioned twice together with his mother Irmgard von Nellenburg, with whom he gave away a Hube in Rickenbach and a mill in Unterillnau .

Adalbert fell, together with his brother Werner II, on June 18, 1053 in the Norman Battle of Civitate , where they and their 600 Swabian foot soldiers formed the only non-Italian contingent of Pope Leo IX's devastated army . posed.

progeny

Adalbert's daughter Adelheid married Count Hartmann I of Dillingen . The County of Kyburg arose from this connection , as Hartmann was named after the new headquarters of Kyburg . Ulrich I. von Kyburg-Dillingen , Bishop of Konstanz from 1111 to 1127, was a younger son of Hartmann and Adelheid.

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personal data
SURNAME Adalbert II of Winterthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Winterthur
DATE OF BIRTH around 1010
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1053
Place of death at Civitate