Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia
Berthold I of Zahringen (* 1000, † November 6, 1078 in Weilheim an der Teck ), called the Bearded, Duke of Carinthia from 1061 to 1077 and Margrave of Verona was.
Life
Berthold was probably a descendant of Count Berthold I of Breisgau. Probably the maternal related with the Hohenstaufen, Count Berthold in various areas such as the rule Ortenau, the Thurgau, the Breisgau region and the Baar and thus one of the most influential counts in the duchy of Swabia. Henry III. promised his partisans Berthold because even the local duke.
However, Henry's widow Agnes of Poitou belehnte 1057 Rudolf of Rheinfelden with the Duchy, but promised to borrow against Berthold with the next available Duchy. Berthold's waiver of his claim was finally rewarded with the title of Duke of Carinthia and the Markgraf of Verona, whereby the Zähringers ascended into the high nobility. As a country, but stranger Berthold had as its predecessor Konrad III. Difficulties to be able to really enforce the rights under this item in Carinthia and Verona. Rarely Berthold lived in his Duchy, the actual power, especially in the Southern Carinthian parts of the country, conducted by Mark Wart IV of Eppenstein in a kind of "counter - Duchy ". For the period 1072/1073 Lampert of Hersfeld reports even from a deposition Berthold, but this is controversial.
During the Investiture Controversy turned Berthold as its southern Mitherzöge from Swabia and Bavaria, Rudolf of Rheinfelden and Welf IV, in opposition to King Henry IV. , He supported the election of Rudolf anti-king and was therefore at the Diet of Ulm in 1077 when Duke deposed and outlawed. As the new Duke of Carinthia Mark Warts son Luitpold of Eppenstein was named.
Berthold retired to his Swabian individually owned, but who was exposed after his ostracism to constant attack royal troops. Berthold died on November 6, 1078 on his Limburg near Weilheim an der Teck, and was buried in Hirsau monastery where he had the construction of the monastery church substantial support.
Berthold was married in first marriage with Richwara. They had three sons:
- Hermann I, founder of the line of the Margrave of Baden
- Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, and later of Zahringen
- Gebhard III. , Bishop of Constance
His first daughter Liutgard († August 9 1119 ) was married to the Marquis Diepoldsberg II of Vohburg and Ernst I of Grögling. His second daughter was Richinza first marriage with a (Rudolf) of Frickingen and second marriage to Ludwig von Sigmaringen. She inherited the mountain top castle and the associated region, arguing that top - line Sigmaringen mountain Helfenstein.
His second wife Berthold I. Count of Thurgau ( Zahringen ) with Beatrix, a daughter of Ludwig von Mousson was married.