Berthold II, Count of Andechs

Berthold II (Berthold IV, Berchtold, Bertholf, † June 27, 1151 ) from the house of the Counts of Andechs was Count of Andechs- Plass Unterdießen - castle - Kulmbach in Bavaria and Vogt of Benediktbeuren.

Life and work

He was probably a son of Count Arnold of Unterdießen († 1098 ) and Gisela von Schweinfurt, daughter of Duke Otto III.

Berthold inherited from his father the Set around the Ammersee and Lake Starnberg goods and obviously the Upper Franconian possession. He could, at the latest in 1120, the successor to the Count's Sigimare, bailiffs of Benediktbeuren compete, and thereby significantly enhance its influence. He also took care of his home monastery Unterdießen, which he had co-founded ( Bailiwick of 1130 occupied), and had relations with Admont, where he handed over 15 hooves in Moosburg / Carinthia occasion of the entry of his daughter Cunegonde.

Count Berthold also likely to have the same after 1100 created on the mountain Andechs the new headquarters of the family. The Plass Castle (north of Bayreuth) should in turn been built later than the beginning of the 1130er years ( " Count of Plass Castle " from 1137 ). This period also saw the establishment of Kulmbach should be like, which is located at the foot of the mountain and from 1174 appears in the sources.

His marriage to Sophie ( † 1132 ), daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria († 1103) from the house of Weimar- Orlamünde, first possession brought a southeast of the Alps and further viewing. Sophie was of royal blood: paternal Her grandmother was Sophia, daughter of King Bela of Hungary from the House of Árpád. The death of Sophie's brother, Margrave Poppos III. of Istria, after 1141, allowed Berthold, to secure the bulk of his inheritance in addition to the tension Heimern and Bogenern; so that was the basis for the possessions in Carniola, Lower Styria and Carinthia set ( 1143/47 Earl of Stone / Kamnik ).

From 1140 to Berthold held virtually as a regular guest at the court of King Conrad III. on; probably it was about the conflicts of Andechs with the Bamberg bishops who saw a threat to their secular rule in Upper Franconia.

Family

Berthold was married in first marriage with Sophie of Istria, daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria († 1103) from the house of Weimar- Orlamünde, his second wife, Gwendolyn, daughter of Count Egbert II of form Bach Pitten, heiress of Formbach.

Children from his first marriage:

• Poppo († 1148 )
• Berthold III. († 1188 )
• Otto VI. († 1196), Bishop of Brixen 1165 to 1170 and Bishop of Bamberg 1177-1196
• Gisela ( † after 1150 ), oo Diepoldsberg II († 1160/65 ), Count of Berg- Schelkingen

Children from the second marriage:

• Mathilde († 1160 ), Abbess of Edelstetten
• Euphemia († 1180), Abbess of Altomuenster
• Cunegonde ( † around 1139 ), a nun in Admont