Lothar Udo II. (Nordmark)

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. Lothar Udo II (* 1020 / 30 , † 4. May 1082 ) was Count von Stade and from 1057 Margrave of the Nordmark .

Life

Lothar Udo was probably the only son of Count Lothar Udo I. von Stade, Margrave of the Nordmark from the House of Udones , and Adelheid von Rheinfelden, daughter of Count Kuno. The original domain of the Counts of Stade was on the lower Elbe around Harsefeld and Stade . However, as a result of a marriage that was concluded in the 1st third of the 11th century, they also owned goods and rights in eastern Saxony. In 1044 Wilhelm , son of Count Bernhard II von Haldensleben, became the new Margrave of the Nordmark. In 1056, in the battle of Pritzlawa (near Werben (Elbe) ), the Saxon army was defeated by the Slavic Liutizen . Wilhelm died and Emperor Heinrich III. enfeoffed Lothar Udo I, son of Count Siegfried II of Stade, with the Nordmark. This imperial fief in the Saxon Nordmark strengthened the position of the Udons in this area. After the death of his father in 1057, Lothar Udo II became the new margrave of the Nordmark.

He stood against the Billunger, who was related to him, and against the Archbishop Adalbert von Bremen . Adalbert had gained great influence over the still underage King Heinrich IV and wanted to expand the territory of the Archdiocese of Bremen at the expense of smaller counties. In 1063 he obtained the transfer of the county of Stade in the area between the Lower Elbe and Lower Weser to the Archdiocese of Bremen, so that Udo II became archbishop's feudal bearer in this important part of the stadic property. First, Archbishop Adalbert promoted the Counts of Stade as a counterweight to the strong position of the Billunger. The relationship between the Counts of Stade and this ducal family deteriorated soon afterwards and armed conflicts broke out between the Udons and the Billungers. In 1065, Henry IV came of age.

Lothar Udo II was therefore involved with the Billungers in the overthrow of Adalbert in 1066 and regained all lost rights and territories. Udo also took advantage of Adalbert's weakness to expand ownership. In 1068 Udo II got the Zeitz mark . In the same year he marched with King Henry IV against the Slavic Liutizen on the Elbe. In 1069 the campaign was ended unsuccessfully. In 1071 he participated in a conspiracy of the princes in Bardowiek . In 1073 the counts of Stade were also part of the rebellious nobility. They must have turned away from the loyal policies of their archbishop's liege lords, Adalbert and Liemar , before that. The Duke of Bavaria, Otto von Northeim , was the leader of the rebellious Saxons in the Saxon War against Heinrich IV in 1075. Udo fought on the Saxon side in the Battle of Homburg an der Unstrut . However, they were beaten.

While the majority of the Saxon princes only found themselves ready to submit to submission after long negotiations, Udo reached an understanding with the king soon after the defeat, who, in return for the extradition of one of his sons as a hostage, decided not to take him into custody. A little later, Udo and Archbishop Liemar acted as a mediator between Henry IV and the rebellious princes. After his death in 1082, he was followed by his son Heinrich I the Long in the margraviate.

Marriage and offspring

He married Oda von Werl (also Uda and Hilaria; * approx. 1050), daughter of Richenza von Swabia from her first marriage to Hermann III. (from the Counts of Werl ). Your children are:

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personal data
SURNAME Lothar Udo II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Stade and Margrave of the Nordmark
DATE OF BIRTH around 1025
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1082