Günther II. (Schwarzburg-Käfernburg)

Count Günter II of Kevernburg (Käfernburg-Schwarzburg) and Hallermund (* between 1129 and 1135; † 1197 ) was the younger son of Count Sizzo III. von Schwarzburg-Käfernburg with Gisela von Berg (married around 1120), possible daughter of Count Adolf I von Berg († around 1106) and Adelheid von Kleve, daughter of Count Dietrich I.

Life

After the death of his father, he and his brother Heinrich I took over the inheritance. Only after years of hereditary war did he become Count of Kevernburg. How it came into the possession of the lords of Wiehe and Grafschaft Rabenswalde - with whom it was enfeoffed - is unknown. He continued to argue with his brother, even with the stronger Landgrave of Thuringia and other neighbors, and moved several times with Emperor Frederick I of Italy .

In 1184, after the childless death of his brother Heinrich I, he inherited the Schwarzburg and left it to his older son Heinrich II , the founder of the Schwarzburg line .

In 1191 he became Count of Loccum-Hallermund .

Marriages and offspring

• 1. ⚭ Gertrud von Wettin († before 1180), daughter of Margrave Conrad the Great of Meissen
  • Liutgard ⚭? Gerhard von Querfurt, Burgrave of Magdeburg († 1209) or Gebhard IV., [1] vs. [2] Son of Burchard II of Magdeburg from the house of Querfurt and of Mathilde von Gleichen (daughter of Count Lambert I zu Tonna ) and brother of Bishop Konrad von Querfurt .
  • Albrecht I von Käfernburg (1206–1232), Archbishop of Magdeburg (around 1170 - October 15, 1232)
  • Heinrich II. Von Schwarzburg († February 20, 1236), founder of the Schwarzburg line
  • Günther III. von Käfernburg († around 1221)
• 2. ⚭ Adelheid von Loccum-Hallermund
  • Ludolf II of Hallermund - November 15, 1256
  • Wilbrand von Käfernburg - April 5, 1253, Archbishop of Magdeburg

See also

• Kevernburg (noble family)
• Schwarzburg (noble family)
• Käfernburg Castle

Web links

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