AUSTRIA, Margrave Leopold II

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• Name	AUSTRIA, Leopold
  Prefix	Margrave
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 1055	Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria
  Gender	Male
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  Burial	Oct 1096
  Death	12 Oct 1096	Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria
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  Father	AUSTRIA, Margrave Ernst ,   b. 1024, Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austriad. 10 Jun 1075, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany (Age 51 years)
  Mother	OSTMARK, Adelheid ,   b. Abt 1041, Meissen, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Meissen, Dresden, Saxony, Germanyd. 26 Jan 1071, Austria (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1054	Meissen, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
  Family ID	F24212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CHAM, Countess Ida ,   b. 1060, Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germanyd. Sep 1101, Holy Land, Palestine, Israel (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1075	Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
  Children	1 son and 7 daughters
  1. BABENBERG, Kněžna Helbirga Gerberga Von ,   b. Abt 1075, Wien, Wien, Austria Wien, Wien, Austriad. 13 Jul 1142, Prauge, Czechoslavakia (Age 67 years)   2. BABENBERG, Princess Ida Von ,   b. 1076, Wien, Wien, Austria Wien, Wien, Austriad. 14 Apr 1115, Austria (Age 39 years)   3. VON ÖSTERREICH, Princess Adelheid ,   b. Abt 1078, Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austriad. 14 Jun, Formbach, Germany   4. ÖSTERREICH, Elisabeth Babenberg von ,   b. 1071, Wien, Österreich, Austria Wien, Österreich, Austriad. 11 Nov 1107, Garsten, Oberoesterreich, Österreich, Austria (Age 36 years)   5. AUSTRIA, Princess Jutte ,   b. Abt 1082, Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria Tullin, Niederoesterreich, Austria + 6. AUSTRIA, Duke Leopold ,   b. 29 Sep 1073, Melk, Niederösterreich, Austria Melk, Niederösterreich, Austriad. 15 Nov 1136, Klosterneuburg, Tulln, Niederösterreich, Austria (Age 63 years)   7. ÖSTEREICH, Euphemia von ,   b. Abt 1086, Wien, Wien, Austria Wien, Wien, Austriad. 16 Apr   8. AUSTRIA, Sofie ,   b. Abt 1088, Wien, Wien, Austria Wien, Wien, Austriad. 2 May 1154, Burghausen, Bavaria (Age 66 years)
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  Leopold the Fair was born in 1050, the son of Ernest and Adelaide of Eilenburg, the daughter of Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. In the Investiture Dispute, he first sided with Emperor Henry IV, but in 1081 at the Diet of Tulln switched sides under the influence of his wife Ida and Bishop Altmann of Passau. Subsequently, he was deposed by the Emperor, who gave the fief to Vratislav II of Bohemia, who defeated Leopold in the Battle of Mailberg. Ultimately, Leopold managed to retain his position, but he lost some territory in Southern Moravia, but Luitpold of Znojmo, Duke of Moravia was his son in law. Leopold resided in Gars am Kamp. In 1089 Leopold helped pay for the construction of Melk Abbey in eastern Austria by donating the land for the new Abbey. A few miles away from Melk Abbey, in eastern Austria, are the ruins of Thunau a Kamp castle, once a summer residence of Leopold. In 1065 Leopold married Ida, countess of Cham (1060–1101), in Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Ida was the daughter of Rapoto IV and Mathilde. Ida is said to have died during the crusade of 1101. The two had a son, Leopold III, as well as six daughters who married Dukes and Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. BIO: Margrave of Austria, 1070-1095. Crusader, 1101; by 1078, he joined the party of Rudolph of Hasburg. ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUSTRIA.htm#_Toc153090727 LIUTPOLD ([1058/63]-12 Oct 1095, bur Gars). The Auctarium Vindobonense names "Liutpoldus filius eius [=Ernust] quintus marchio"[96]. His birth date range is estimated from the estimated birth dates of his mother and his son Markgraf Leopold. He succeeded his father in 1075 as LIUTPOLD II Markgraf of Austria. The Chronica Boemorum records that "dux Wratislaus et sui fratres Chounradus atque Otto" fought against "orientalem marchionem Lupoldum filium Lucz", the passage being undated with the date 1082 inserted in the margin of the edition[97]. It is assumed that this refers to Markgraf Liutpold II, although the reference to "filium Lucz" is unexplained. The Continuatio Claustroneoburgensis records the death in 1095 of "Liupoldus marchio"[98]. The Chronicon of Mariano Scotti records the death in 1095 of "Liupoldus marchio"[99]. The necrology of Melk records the death "IV Id Oct" of "Liupoldus marchio qui monachum vitam hic instituit"[100]. The necrology of Kloster Neuburg records the death "IV Id Oct" of "Liupoldus prior marchio"[101]. m IDA, daughter of --- (-Asia Minor [Sep] 1101 or after). The parentage of Markgräfin Ida is uncertain. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[102], she was Ida von Ratelberg, daughter of Thiemo [II] Graf [Formbach] & his wife ---, although the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. Wegener quotes a 12th century document concerning travel tolls at Schärding dated [1060/70] which names "filios Tiemonis Ekkebertum et Henricum et dominam Itam" as participating in the foundation of Suben monastery but he does not make the connection between this Ita and the Margräfin of Austria[103]. The chronology is not favourable for Ida having been the daughter of Graf Thiemo [II], whose death is recorded in 1040. If this paternity was correct, Ida would therefore have been about twenty years older than her husband, and at least in her early to mid-forties when she gave birth to her son Liutpold, which seems improbable. The primary source which confirms her name "von Ratelberg" has not yet been identified. The Auctarium Mariaecellense in 1100 records that "Ita marchionisse Austrie, Liupoldi marchionis relicta" left for Jerusalem[104]. Albert of Aix records that "Guillaume comte et prince du Poitou de la famille d'Henri III empereur" crossed Hungary peacefully with Welf Duke of Bavaria and "la noble comtesse Ida de la marche d'Autriche", entered the territory of the Bulgars in which "le duc des Bulgares nommé Guzh" refused their passage into Adrianople[105], undated but a passage adjacent to this text records events in 1101. The army was scattered after being defeated by the Turks near Tarsus in Asia Minor in [Sep] 1101. It is not known what happened to Markgräfin Ida, but she was presumably killed. Albert of Aix says that "some say that she was taken into permanent exile in the kingdom of Khorazan[106]. According to later legend, she ended her days in a harem where she gave birth to the Muslim hero Zengi: the Historia Welforum records that "Itam comitissam, matrem Leopaldi marchionis orientalis" was kidnapped by "unus de principibus Sarracenorum…ex eaque Sanguinem illum sceleratissumum, ut aiunt, progenuit"[107]. ** from Wikipedia listing for Leopold II, Margrave of Austria, as of 10/20/2014 Leopold II (German: Luitpold, 1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair (German: Luitpold der Schöne), was the Margrave of Austria from 1075 to his death in 1095. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.[1] Life Leopold the Fair was born in 1050, the son of Ernest and Adelaide of Eilenburg, the daughter of Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. In the Investiture Dispute, he first sided with Emperor Henry IV, but in 1081 at the Diet of Tulln switched sides under the influence of his wife Ida and Bishop Altmann of Passau. Subsequently, he was deposed by the Emperor, who gave the fief to Vratislav II of Bohemia, who defeated Leopold in the Battle of Mailberg. Ultimately, Leopold managed to retain his position, but he lost some territory in Southern Moravia, but Luitpold of Znojmo, Duke of Moravia was his son in law. Leopold resided in Gars am Kamp. In 1089 Leopold helped pay for the construction of Melk Abbey in eastern Austria by donating the land for the new Abbey. A few miles away from Melk Abbey, in eastern Austria, are the ruins of Thunau a Kamp castle, once a summer residence of Leopold. In 1065 Leopold married Ida, countess of Cham (1060–1101), in Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Ida was the daughter of Rapoto IV and Mathilde. Ida is said to have died during the crusade of 1101. The two had a son, Leopold III, as well as six daughters who married Dukes and Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. References Citations Lingelbach 1913, p. 90. Bibliography Beller, Steven (2007). A Concise History of Austria. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521478861. Brooke, Z. N. (1938). A History of Europe: From 911 to 1198. London: Methuen & Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1443740708. Lechner, Karl (1976). Die Babenberger: Markgrafen und Herzoge von Österreich 976–1246. Vienna: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3205085089. Leeper, Alexander W. (1941). History of Medieval Austria. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0404153472. Lingelbach, William E. (1913). The History of Nations: Austria-Hungary. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. ASIN B000L3E368. Pohl, Walter (1995). Die Welt der Babenberger. Graz: Verlag Styria. ISBN 978-3222123344. Rickett, Richard (1985). A Brief Survey of Austrian History. Vienna: Prachner. ISBN 978-3853670019. Wegener, Wilhelm (1965). Genealogischen Tafeln zur mitteleuropäischen Geschichte. Vienna: Verlag Degener.