Adalbert von Aschersleben
Adalbert (* around 1136, † around 1171) was Count von Aschersleben from the Ascanian family .
Life
He was the fifth son of Margrave Albrechts the Bear and his wife Sophie . His brothers were Otto , Margrave of Brandenburg and Siegfried , Bishop of Brandenburg , among others .
In 1147, Adalbert was first mentioned as a witness in the presence of his father and several brothers in a document from the Archbishop of Magdeburg. In 1155 he was given the Aschersleben County by his father, and in 1158 the Bailiwick of the Nienburg Monastery . During this time he married Adelheid, a daughter of Margrave Conrad the Great of Meissen, after the death of her first husband, King Sven III. from Denmark .
From the end of 1161 to the autumn of 1162, Adalbert stayed several times with Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa at his seat in Lodi, Italy . In the following years he was mentioned twice in archiepiscopal documents in Magdeburg and in 1167 joined the Saxon princes' alliance against Duke Heinrich the Lion with some of his brothers .
He must have died around 1171. The county of Aschersleben went to his brother Bernhard because he himself had no male offspring.
literature
- Lutz Partenheimer : Albrecht the Bear. Founder of the Mark Brandenburg and the Principality of Anhalt. Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2002.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adalbert von Aschersleben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Aschersleben from the Ascan family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1136 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1171 |