Alaholfings

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The Alaholfings (occasionally Ahalolfings) were a

Italy
.

The Ahalolfings are divided into two groups, the older and the younger. It is not certain how the two groups are related. The older group descends from a Berthold who was the joint founder, with

Avars
.

Halaholf[

proprietary monastery in the mid-8th century. His descendants gave it to the Abbey of Saint Gall in 776. In modern scholarship, the family is named after Halaholf, although in later generations the family's leading name was Berthold.[2]

The younger branch of the family itself comprises two branches. Empress Richardis descends from Erchanger. Her sister married Berthold I and was the mother of the other branch of the family, which included the famous Erchanger, Duke of Swabia, and his brother Berthold II. The Ahalolfings died out when Berthold III died in 973, though the Zähringen may be descended from them.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Reuter (1991), pp. 59–60.
  2. ^ a b Störmer (1980).

Sources

  • Reuter, Timothy (1991). Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman.
  • Störmer, Wilhelm (1980). "Alaholfinger".
    ISBN 3-7608-8901-8
    .
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