Berthold II (Andechs)
Berthold II. ( Berthold IV. , Berchtold , Bertholf ; † June 27, 1151 ) from the house of the Counts of Andechs was Count of Dießen -Andechs- Plassenburg - Kulmbach in Bavaria and Vogt of Benediktbeuern .
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He was probably a son of Count Arnold von Dießen († 1098) and Gisela von Schweinfurt , daughter of Duke Otto III.
Berthold inherited the goods around the Ammersee and the Starnberger See and apparently also the Upper Franconian property from his father . By 1120 at the latest, he was able to succeed the Count Sigimare , bailiffs of Benediktbeuern , and thereby significantly increase his influence. He also looked after his monastery in Dießen , which he had co-founded (Vogtei 1130 documented), and had relationships with Admont , where he gave 15 Hufen in Moosburg / Carinthia when his daughter Kunigunde joined .
Count Berthold is likely to have created the family's new headquarters on the Andechser Berg immediately after 1100 . The Plassenburg (north of Bayreuth ) in turn was likely to have been built at the latest at the beginning of the 1130s ("Counts of Plassenburg" from 1137). The founding of Kulmbach , which lies at the foot of the mountain and appears in the springs from 1174, is likely to have been founded during this time .
The marriage with Sophie († 1132), daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria († 1103) from the House of Weimar-Orlamünde , brought property southeast of the Alps and further reputation for the first time. Sophie was of royal blood: Her paternal grandmother was Sophia, daughter of King Belas of Hungary from the house of the Arpad . The death of Sophie's brother, Margrave Poppo III. from Istria after 1141 allowed Berthold to secure the majority of his inheritance in addition to the Spanheimers and Bogeners ; thus the basis for the possessions in Carniola , Lower Styria and Carinthia was laid (1143/47 Count von Stein / Kamnik ).
From 1140 Berthold stayed as a regular guest at the court of King Konrad III. on; It was probably about the conflicts between the Andechs and the Bamberg bishops , who saw their secular rule in Upper Franconia threatened.
family
Berthold was married in his first marriage to Sophie von Istrien , daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria († 1103) from the house of Weimar-Orlamünde , in his second marriage to Kunigunde, daughter of Count Ekbert II of Formbach-Pitten , heiress of Formbach .
Children from first marriage:
- Poppo († 1148)
- Berthold III. († 1188)
- Otto VI. († 1196), Bishop of Brixen 1165–1170 and Bishop of Bamberg 1177–1196
- Gisela († after 1150), oo Diepold II. († 1160/65), Count of Berg-Schelklingen
Second marriage children:
- Mathilde († 1160), Abbess of Edelstetten
- Euphemia († 1180), Abbess of Altomünster
- Kunigunde († around 1139), nun in Admont
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| SURNAME | Berthold II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berthold IV .; Berchtold; Bertholf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Dießen-Andechs-Plassenburg-Kulmbach and Vogt of the Benediktbeuern monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1099 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1151 |