Bernard II, Duke of Saxony

Bernhard II ( after 990 *, † June 29, 1059 ) from the family of Bill Unger was in Saxony since the year 1011 Duke. He was the son of Duke Bernard I and Hildegard, a daughter of Count Heinrich I " The Bald " of Stade, and a grandson of Hermann Billung. His siblings were: Imma, Godesti, Othelendis, Mathilde and Thietmar.

Life

He was bailiff to Lüneburg, Verden, Möllenbeck, Minden, Herford, Kemnade and Fischbeck and had Count rights back up to Friesland.

The Emperor Henry II, he supported the lax against Poland and mediated in 1018 the Peace of Bautzen.

1019/20 he rebelled and forced the recognition of all tribal rights.

With the help of the prince Gottschalk he tied the Slavs again close to the Reich. In 1024, he acknowledged Conrad II.

He stood against the Count of Stade and Werl. In addition to the archbishops of Bremen and the Saxon bishops, from 1043 especially against the Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen, which he blamed for the death of his brother. Thietmar to 1048 to assassinate Henry III. have planned.

In 1045 he left the castle Alster in Hamburg build. He was buried in the St. Michaelis Church in Lüneburg.

Progeny

Bernhard II was married to Eilika ( † 10 December following 1055/1056 ), a daughter of Henry of Schweinfurt, margrave of Nordgau. He had five children with her:

  • Ordulf ( Otto ) ( † March 28, 1072 ) Duke of Saxony, buried in St. Michaelis in Lüneburg ∞ I November 1042 Wulfhild of Norway ( † May 24, 1071 ) daughter of King Olav II Haraldsson
  • Hermann ( † 1088), Count 1059/80
  • Gertrud († August 4, 1089 (or 1093 ) ), ∞ I. Floris I, Count of Holland ( murdered June 28, 1061 at Hemert ) ( Gerulfinger ), ∞ II 1063 Robert I the Frisian († October 13, 1092 ) 1062/71 Count of Holland, 1071 Count of Flanders
  • Ida († July 31, 1101 ) heiress of Laroche ( Ardennes ) ∞ Friedrich I († August 28, 1065 ) 1046 Duke of Lorraine ( Wigeriche ), ∞ II 1065/66 Albert III. († June 22, 1102 ), Count of Namur, 1035 attested (House of Namur)
  • Hadwig / Hedwig (c. 1030/35, † 17 July at 1112), ∞ Engelbert I († April 1, 1096 ), Count of Spanheim, Margrave of Istria
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