Ernest, Margrave of Austria
Ernest | |
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| Margrave of Austria | |
Babenberg | |
| Spouse | Adelaide of Eilenburg Swanhilde of Ungarnmark |
| Issue Detail | Leopold II |
| Father | Adalbert |
| Mother | Frozza Orseolo |
Ernest (
House of Babenberg.[1]
Biography
He was born to Margrave
ministeriales, the Kuenring
knights.
Ernest received his epithet due to his fighting against King Béla I of Hungary and his son Géza I on behalf of their rival Solomon according to the chronicler Lambert of Hersfeld. In the commencing Investiture Controversy, he sided with King Henry IV of Germany and battled against the Saxons, dying at the Battle of Langensalza.
Marriage and children
In 1050 Ernest married Adelaide of Eilenburg (1030 – 26 January 1071), daughter of the Wettin margrave Dedi I of Lusatia, who gave him three children:
- Leopold II, Margrave of Austria (1050–1095)
- Justitia (d. 1120/1122), married Count Otto II of Wolfratshausen
- Adalbert of Pernegg, Count of Bogen
In 1072 he secondly married Swanhild, daughter of Count Sighard VII in the Hungarian March.
See also
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.
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