Henry III. (Carinthia)

Henry III. von Carinthia (* around 1050; † December 4, 1122 ) from the noble family of Eppenstein was Count of Eppenstein , from 1077 to 1093 Margrave of Carniola , from 1077 to 1093 Margrave of Friuli , from 1077 (1086?) to 1093 Margrave of Istria , from 1090 to 1122 Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona , from 1076 (1090?) to 1101/02 Vogt of Aquileia and Vogt of Moosburg .

Heinrich was the last Eppensteiner to rule in Carinthia.

Life

Heinrich was the third son of Markwart IV of Eppenstein and the Liutbirg von Plain , daughter of Count Liutold II.

When his brother Liutold died childless in 1090 , he was entrusted with the Duchy of Carinthia by Emperor Heinrich IV . Because of the creeping alienation of Liutold from the emperor in recent years, Heinrich III. But accept a number of dampers and compromises: The emperor did not prevent the Spanheimers , who were more loyal to the Pope, from completing the founding of their St. Paul family monastery in Lavanttal in 1091 , whereas for the Eppenstein family monastery St. Lambrecht , which was used to consolidate Eppenstein's rule as a spiritual center It was extremely important that there were still a number of political hurdles to be overcome - the St. Lambrecht foundation was not to be completed until 1103 (installation by Reform Abbot Hartmann) or 1109 (papal confirmation by Paschal II ) and 1114 (imperial confirmation by Henry V ) be.

In addition, the margraviate of Carniola came to Aquileia (1093), the Bailiwick of Aquileia had to cede Heinrich (1093, but rather not until 1101/02) and Istria got a new margrave (1093).

In 1097, Duke Heinrich III helped and his brother Ulrich , Patriarch of Aquileia, Duke Welf in securing his Lombard legacy. In 1105 he took the side of Henry V and moved with him in 1108 against the Hungarians and in 1110/11 to be crowned emperor in Italy.

In 1122, a year after the death of his brother Ulrich, Heinrich also died; with him the Eppenstein family died out, who owned properties from the Semmering to the Tagliamento . He is buried in the St. Lambrecht family monastery.

Henry's successor as Duke of Carinthia became his Spanheimer Taufpatenkind Henry IV. , His rich possessions inherited the Traungauer Margrave of Carinthia Mark .

Marriages and offspring

Henry III. was married three times:

1. ∞ about 1075: Beatrix († on February 24th), daughter of Count Otto von Dießen
2. ∞ after 1096: Liutgard († on July 21st), of unknown origin
3. ∞ after 1103: Sophie († May 2, 1154), daughter of Margrave Leopold II from the Babenbergs and Ida of Austria

All three marriages remained childless.

literature

• Karl-Engelhard Klaar: The rule of the Eppensteiner in Carinthia . Publishing house of the History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1966 (plus dissertation, University of Freiburg / B. 1965).
• Hans Pirchegger:  Heinrich III. with the graen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 361 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Liutold	Duke of Carinthia Margrave of Verona 1090–1122	Henry IV.