Berthold of Schweinfurt

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Berthold II of Schweinfurt (also Bertoldus , * before 941; † January 15, 980 ) became 960 as Count in Radenzgau , 961 as Count on the Lower Naab , 961 Count in Nordgau, 973 as Count in Volkfeld , 976 - after successful battles against Bohemia and Hungary - named as Margrave (Nordgau / Schweinfurt), 980 as Count of Eastern Franconia . He was the progenitor of the Schweinfurt noble family .

Presumably it was he who guarded King Berengar II of Italy for King Otto I in Bamberg in 964 and who in 973 participated in the suppression of the uprising of the Bavarian Duke Heinrich the Quarrel .

He married around 970 or 976 Eilika (also called Eila or Eiliswintha; † August 19, 1015), daughter of Count Lothar II von Walbeck . His wife founded a nunnery in Schweinfurt around 1003 , later the Benedictine monastery in Schweinfurt , and was buried there. With Eilika he had two sons, namely Heinrich von Schweinfurt († 1017), who inherited his father, and Bucco, who is attested in 1003. In addition, Eilika, who is documented as abbess of the Niedernburg monastery in Passau in 1010 , was probably a daughter of the couple.

origin

Berthold's origin is controversial. Presumably he was closely related to the progenitor of the Babenbergs , Luitpold I. († 994), Margrave of Austria . Maybe he was his brother. Luitpold I was the son of the Count Palatine of Bavaria Arnulf II (⚔ 954) and grandson of the Duke of Bavaria Arnulf I from the Luitpoldinger family .

The historian Wilhelm Wegener considered him to be identical to Berthold I († 954?), The son of Arnulf I and thus an uncle of Luitpolds I. Berthold I was named Comes in 941 when he was the captive Count Lothar II of Walbeck guarded on behalf of King Otto I. Since this Berthold must have been born between 910 and 930, it appears chronologically unlikely that he would have his first and only marriage to Lothar's daughter around 970 at the earliest. Instead, Berthold II could have been the son and heir of this Berthold I.

Another theory sees him as the younger son of Arnulf's brother Berthold von Bayern († 947) and brother of Heinrich III. of Bavaria .

According to another theory, he belonged to the Popponen family and was a brother of Heinrich I († 964), Archbishop of Trier , and Poppo I († 961), Bishop of Würzburg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annales Necrologici Fuldenses. In: MGH Staatsschriften. Volume XIII, p. 123.
  2. ^ MGH Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae. Volume 1, No. 217, p. 299.
  3. ^ MGH Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae. Volume 1, No. 219, p. 301.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Wegener (ed.): Genealogical tables for Central European history. Heinz Reise Verlag, Göttingen 1962–1969, p. 76.
  5. ↑ European family tables . III, 54.

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SURNAME Berthold of Schweinfurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertoldus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count in Radenzgau, Count on the Lower Naab, Count in Volkfeld and Count of the Eastern Franconia
DATE OF BIRTH before 941
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 980