Poppo of Thuringia

This depiction of the coat of arms from the Saxon family register from 1546 could refer to the duchy on the soil of the Regnum Thuringia, which was lost in 531, and to Poppos' descent from the Robertinians and thus the relationship with the Capetians .

Poppo von Thuringia is attested from 878/880 to 906 as a count in Volkfeld . From 880 to 892 he was Margrave of the Sorbian Mark and was called "dux Thuringorum", Duke of the Thuringians, when he was deposed in 892.

He was the younger son of Count Poppo (I) in the Saalgau and the brother of princeps militiae and dux Austrasiorum Heinrich , the military leader of Emperor Karl III. and thus one of the most important members of the family of the older or Frankish Babenbergs , who were one of the main pillars of Charlemagne and thus in contrast to Karl's successor Arnulf of Carinthia .

880 - after his brother Heinrich entered the service of the king - after a victory over the Sorbs, he is mentioned as comes et dux Sorabici limes ( Annales Fuldenses ), as count and duke of the Sorbian march , as which he was appointed by Charles the Fat was. He had to grapple with Count Egino for rule in Thuringia, a battle that he lost, but which - presumably due to the intervention of Charlemagne, but in any case because Egino had other tasks from 885 as Count in Badanachgau dedicated - not costing his position there.

In 892, Karl's successor, Arnulf of Carinthia, charged him with infidelity (the main charge was the failed Slav campaign by Bishop Arns ) and was therefore relieved of his duties in Thuringia (and referred to as dux Thuringorum by Regino von Prüm ). Arnulf took the opportunity to install his relatives and allies in Thuringia, the Konradiner Konrad the Elder , which was one of his steps to disempower the Babenbergs and indirectly triggered the Babenberg feud (902-906), in which Poppo apparently did not participate. The goods confiscated in connection with the trial were returned to Poppo in 899.

In 903 he was named as Margrave in the Bavarian Nordgau , in 906 as Count in Volkfeld .

He had two sons:

• Adalbert, 898/915 Graf im Grabfeld
• Poppo (III.); † 945, Graf im Grabfeld and Tullifeld

and probably one

• Daughter who married a Count Wilhelm, probably Wilhelm I of Weimar-Orlamünde.

Web links

• Poppo at genealogy-medieval