Liutold of Eppenstein

Liutold of Eppenstein, also Luitpold of Eppenstein, (* 1050, † May 12, 1090 ) was from 1077 to 1090 Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona.

Life

He was a son of Count IV of Mark Warts Eppenstein and Liutbirg of Plain, daughter of Count II Liutold

Following in the footsteps of his father who remained after the deposition Duke Adalbero, his grandfather, the dominant force in Carinthia, came Liutold 1076/77 under deposition of Zähringer Berthold by King Henry IV to the duke, but in a circumcised Duchy: They were been outsourced: Friuli ( to Patriarch of Aquileia victory Hard, † 1077 ), Istria ( came to win Hards death again Liutold ) and Krain ( as at Aquileia, some time later ) and the Carinthian Mark ( the Otakare ). The Mark Verona remained Liutold receive.

The survey Liutolds came following the Canossa Henry IV and after the election of the anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden, as the king had escort of his faithful partisans Liutold through the rugged bottlenecks Karantanija, probably via the Predilpass and through Gailitztal, back into the realm. Liutold IV was also in the later Rome trains Heinrichs on its side.

The interaction with his brothers Ulrich and Heinrich Hermann worked very well and so the Eppensteiner in the kingdom were perfectly placed. Ulrich was installed in 1077 as abbot of St. Gallen 1085 and additionally as Patriarch of Aquileia, Hermann in 1085 as a counter- Bishop of Passau, as Heinrich Vogt of Aquileia and probably from 1077 to 1093 as Margrave of Istria and (probably ) Carniola.

In the second half of his term was probably first discovered the construction of the castle Eppenstein, after his family was later named.

Supposedly he was even 1086-1090 Margrave of Styria instead of declared deposed Margrave Otakar.

Liutold was twice married, but left no sons entitled to inherit. He died, according to a questionable source as Thronusurpator, in 1090 and is buried at the Abbey of St. Lambrecht.

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