Siegfried I. (Walbeck)
Siegfried I. von Walbeck († March 15, 990 ) was Count von Walbeck and in Möckerngau .
Life
Siegfried was a son of Lothar II von Walbeck and Mathilde von Arneburg. He was first mentioned in 972 when he fought against Mieszko I of Poland at the battle of Zehden at the side of Odo , Margrave of Lusatia .
979 he received the county Möckerngau Emperor with his brothers Otto II. 983 he took in Cologne at the funeral of his brother Liutar part. In the autumn of the same year he fought against Slavic associations in the course of the Slav uprising on Tangier .
In 990 he fought under Empress Theophanou against Boleslav II of Bohemia . Then he moved against the rebellious Lutizen in the direction of Brandenburg . He fell from his horse and died on March 15, 990.
Marriage and offspring
Siegfried was married to Kunigunde († 997), a daughter of Heinrich von Stade . Their sons were
- Heinrich, Count of Stade
- Friedrich (974– after 1018), Burgrave of Magdeburg
- Thietmar von Merseburg (975-1018), Bishop of Merseburg
- Siegfried († 1032), Bishop of Münster
- Brun († 1049), Bishop of Verden
swell
- Thietmar von Merseburg, chronicle
literature
- Walther Grosse: The Counts of Walbeck. In: Harz-Zeitschrift 4 (1952), 1ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegfried I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siegfried von Walbeck |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Walbeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 990 |