Berthold, Duke of Bavaria

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Berthold, Duke of Bavaria

Berthold (c. 900 – 23 November 947), of the

Duke of Bavaria
in 938.

It is known that Berthold was a count in the

Otto I the Great
, who appointed Berthold in his place.

Unlike the powerful late duke Arnulf, Berthold was not given the right to appoint bishops or administer royal property, but he remained loyal to the

Magyars at the battle of Wels (12 August)[1]
and staved off their attacks for a while, as Arnulf had done before him.

With Berthold's accession to the throne, Bavaria and the Carinthian march were once again united. After his death in 947, however, King Otto I the Great did not enfeoff Berthold's minor son Henry the Younger with his duchy, but instead gave it to his own brother Henry I, who had married Arnulf's daughter Judith. In 976 Henry the Younger received the severed Duchy of Carinthia in compensation.

Duke Berthold is buried at Niederaltaich Abbey.

References

  1. ^ Leyser 1965, p. 7.

Sources

  • Leyser, Karl (1965). "The Battle at the Lech, 955. A Study in Tenth-Century Warfare". History. 50 (168). Wiley: 1–25. .
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
Luitpolding
 Died: 947
New title
Duke of Carinthia

927–938
Vacant
Title next held by
Henry I
Preceded by
Duke of Bavaria

938–947
Succeeded by