Berthold I of Istria

Berthold III. (Berthold IV, Berthold V. ) (c. 1110/15; † December 14, 1188 ) from the house of the Counts of Andechs was Margrave of Istria and Carniola from.

Life and work

He was the second son of Count Berthold II († 1151 ) from his first marriage to Sophie of Istria († 1132 ), daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria, Carniola († 1098/1103 ) from the house of Weimar- Orlamünde.

He was able to rise within the nobility and also in national politics through the acquisition of extensive possessions, rights and inheritances. He controlled inter alia, the important north -south connections to Italy and was a faithful follower Staufer a regular companion of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

1157 died in the line of Wolfratshausener Dießener house with Henry II and Berthold they inherited.

In 1158 he was able to after death Ekbert III. form of Bach Pitten in the inheritance dispute with the Styrian Margrave Ottokar III. extent prevail, that he obtained the counties of Neuburg and warping thing on the lower Inn and Wind Mountain; the county Pitten went to the Styrian.

In 1165 he was enfeoffed by his brother Otto, Bishop of Brixen, with the county rights in nori and Pusteria and thus controlled the Brenner route. Furthermore, the bailiwicks of Brixen and Neustift him by Otto were transferred.

In the 1170s Berthold bought the land south of the Inn Wilten from, connected it to his own reason Hoetting by a bridge and founded as close Ambras, the original center of power of the Andechs in the Inn Valley, the market or the later city of Innsbruck.

In 1173 he received from the Margraviate of Istria Barbarossa Carniola as an imperial fief. He succeeded the Spannheimer Engelbert III. according to, the cousin of his mother. ( Engelbert I of Spanheim was the common grandfather, Richardis / Rich Gardis his daughter, who was with Poppo II of Istria, above, married. )

1180, when after the fall of Henry the Lion Wittelsbach was invested with the duchy of Bavaria, also Berthold's son was appointed Duke of Meranien and the house of Andechs thus rose to the imperial princes.

Berthold III. died 1188 and is buried in the monastery Unterdießen.

Other offices and titles

  • Count of Plassenburg
  • Count of Andechs
  • Graf von Stein ( Kamnik ) in Carniola
  • Vogt of Benediktbeuren
  • Count in Radenzgau
  • Count on the upper Isar
  • Count in the Bavarian Augstgau
  • Vogt of Tegernsee
  • Count on the lower Inn
  • Count in Huosigau
  • Count of Unterdießen / Wolfratshausen
  • Count in Norital
  • Count in Val Pusteria
  • Vogt of Brixen ( Bishopric )
  • Vogt of Vornbach / Formbach
  • Count of Neuburg
  • Vogt of Long Home
  • Vogt of Neustift / Brixen
  • Aquilejischer fief Count in Carniola ( Landgraf )
  • Margrave an der Drau (?)
  • Vogt of Unterdießen

Family

Berthold was married in first marriage with Hedwig of Wittelsbach Dachau, in second with Liutgarde, daughter of the Danish King Sven († 1157 ).

Children from his first marriage:

  • Berthold IV († 1204)
  • Sophie ( † 1218 ) ∞ Poppo VI. († 1191 ), Count of Henneberg
  • Cunegonde ( † after 1207 ), ∞ Eberhard III. , Count of Eberstein
  • NNW, ∞ Ompud, prefect of Szolnok
  • Mechthild († 1245 )

Children from the second marriage:

  • Poppo († 1245 ), Bishop of Bamberg ( 1239-45 )
  • Bertha, Abbess of Gerbstedt (mentioned in 1190 )
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