Dietrich von Haldensleben

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Dietrich von Haldensleben , also Theoderich († August 25, 985 ) was Count in Schwabengau , from 956 in Northern Thuringia , from 965 to 983 Margrave of the North Mark and from 966 Graf in Derlingau . Due to his lands and titles, he officially carried the title of "Dux" from 968 , very powerful in the eastern part of the empire and is considered the progenitor of the Saxon noble family of the von Haldensleben .

Life

With Dietrich, the von Haldensleben family, later named after their ancestral home , becomes historically tangible, who were wealthy in northern Thuringia, west of today's Magdeburg and in Derlingau, east of Braunschweig . In 953 Dietrich proved to be a loyal military leader of King Otto I in the Liudolfin uprising . He later appeared as a leader in the fight against the Elbe Slavs and as a count in Northern Thuringia. In the reorganization of the domains after the death of Margrave Geros in 965, he received the Saxon North Mark. Together with Archbishop Adalbert von Magdeburg , he beheaded his rival , Count Gero von Alsleben , in 979 . After the judgment of Thietmar von Merseburg and later Saxon historian , Dietrich did not do justice to his task of further pacifying the Slavic Lutizen and Heveller territories gained under Otto I. Ultimately, he was not up to his task and provoked the Lutizen uprising of 983 through his greed , through which the German-Saxon rule between the Elbe and the Oder collapsed. It is unlikely that this led to his dismissal in 983, as Adam von Bremen and the Annalista Saxo report. As a military leader he took part in the Saxon victory at the Tangiers, in the German succession controversy of 984 he was one of the opponents of Duke Heinrich of Bavaria . According to the Quedlinburg Annals , Dietrich died in 985.

Marriage and offspring

Dietrich was married to a daughter of Count Lothar von Walbeck. Children were

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SURNAME Dietrich von Haldensleben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theodoric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave of the Nordmark
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 985