Wilhelm II (Ostmark)

Wilhelm II. († 871 ) was margrave ( comes terminalis ) of the Marcha orientalis and count in Traungau .

Since the year 857 he ruled the Danube valley in this area with his brother Engelschalk I from the Wilhelminer family under the name of Pannonia. They were followers of the king's son Karlmann . The brothers fell together in the year 871 in the battle of a Bavarian-Franconian army against Greater Moravia , under Svatopluk I. The Slavic Moravians had revolted against the Frankish suzerainty. Her successor as border count was Aribo I , who was fought for years by the sons of the two fallen soldiers.

Individual evidence

^ Rostislav Nový: The Beginnings of the Bohemian State. Universita Karlova Publishing House, Prague 1968, p. 119.
^ Maximilian Weltin (ed.): Lower Austrian document book. Volume 1: 777 to 1076. Publications by the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , St. Pölten, 2008, ISBN 978-3-85028-465-3 , p. 35.
^ Andreas Kraus, Max Spindler (Ed.): Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 1: Franz Brunhölzl : Old Bavaria, the tribal duchy up to the end of the 12th century. Beck, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-406-07322-0 , p. 270.

personal data
SURNAME	Wilhelm II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	East Franconian Margrave of the Ostmark
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
DATE OF DEATH	871
Place of death	Great Moravia

[1] Rostislav Nový: The Beginnings of the Bohemian State. Universita Karlova Publishing House, Prague 1968, p. 119.

[2] Maximilian Weltin (ed.): Lower Austrian document book. Volume 1: 777 to 1076. Publications by the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , St. Pölten, 2008, ISBN 978-3-85028-465-3 , p. 35.

[3] Andreas Kraus, Max Spindler (Ed.): Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 1: Franz Brunhölzl : Old Bavaria, the tribal duchy up to the end of the 12th century. Beck, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-406-07322-0 , p. 270.