Individual Details
Lothar II "The Old," Count of Walbeck
( - 986)
According to Wikipedia:
Lothar II the Elder (died 986[1]), Count of Walbeck, son of Lothar I, Count of Walbeck.
Thietmar of Merseburg reported that his grandfather Lothar participated in the plot to assassinate Emperor Otto I by his brother Henry on Easter 941 and lost all his property as a result. He was imprisoned for a year at Imgelheim by Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau. Lothar paid a heavy fine and founded the canon at Walbeck as atonement. Berthold later married Lothar’s daughter Eilika.
Lothar married Mathilde von Arneburg, daughter of Bruno, Count of Arneburg, and Frederuna, daughter of Volkmar, Count of Harzgau. Mathilde’s nephew was Bruno of Querfurt, son of her brother Bruno, Count of Querfurt. Lothar and Mathilde had four children:
Lothar III von Walbeck, who became Margrave of the Nordmark (as Lothair I)
Eilika von Walbeck, married Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau
Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, married Kunigunde von Stade, daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. They were the parents of Thietmar of Merseburg.
Dietmar von Walbeck, Abbot of Corvey.
Lothar was succeeded as Count of Walbeck by his son Siegfried upon his death.
Sources
Warner, David A., Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
Heinrich, Leo, Lectures on the History of the German people and Reich, E. Anton, 1867
Big, Walthe,: The Counts of Walbeck, Resin Magazine, 1952
Leyser, Karl, Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours 900-1250, The Hambledon Press, London, 1982
Bury, J. B. (editor), The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1922
References
"Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Walbeck: LOTHAR II". fmg.ac. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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According to Wikipedia:
Lothar II the Elder (died 986[1]), Count of Walbeck, son of Lothar I, Count of Walbeck.
Thietmar of Merseburg reported that his grandfather Lothar participated in the plot to assassinate Emperor Otto I by his brother Henry on Easter 941 and lost all his property as a result. He was imprisoned for a year at Imgelheim by Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau. Lothar paid a heavy fine and founded the canon at Walbeck as atonement. Berthold later married Lothar`s daughter Eilika.
Lothar married Mathilde von Arneburg, daughter of Bruno, Count of Arneburg, and Frederuna, daughter of Volkmar, Count of Harzgau. Mathilde`s nephew was Bruno of Querfurt, son of her brother Bruno, Count of Querfurt. Lothar and Mathilde had four children:
Lothar III von Walbeck, who became Margrave of the Nordmark (as Lothair I)
Eilika von Walbeck, married Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau
Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, married Kunigunde von Stade, daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. They were the parents of Thietmar of Merseburg.
Dietmar von Walbeck, Abbot of Corvey.
Lothar was succeeded as Count of Walbeck by his son Siegfried upon his death.
Sources
Warner, David A., Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
Heinrich, Leo, Lectures on the History of the German people and Reich, E. Anton, 1867
Big, Walthe,: The Counts of Walbeck, Resin Magazine, 1952
Leyser, Karl, Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours 900-1250, The Hambledon Press, London, 1982
Bury, J. B. (editor), The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1922
References
"Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Walbeck: LOTHAR II". fmg.ac. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
Lothar II the Elder (died 986[1]), Count of Walbeck, son of Lothar I, Count of Walbeck.
Thietmar of Merseburg reported that his grandfather Lothar participated in the plot to assassinate Emperor Otto I by his brother Henry on Easter 941 and lost all his property as a result. He was imprisoned for a year at Imgelheim by Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau. Lothar paid a heavy fine and founded the canon at Walbeck as atonement. Berthold later married Lothar’s daughter Eilika.
Lothar married Mathilde von Arneburg, daughter of Bruno, Count of Arneburg, and Frederuna, daughter of Volkmar, Count of Harzgau. Mathilde’s nephew was Bruno of Querfurt, son of her brother Bruno, Count of Querfurt. Lothar and Mathilde had four children:
Lothar III von Walbeck, who became Margrave of the Nordmark (as Lothair I)
Eilika von Walbeck, married Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau
Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, married Kunigunde von Stade, daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. They were the parents of Thietmar of Merseburg.
Dietmar von Walbeck, Abbot of Corvey.
Lothar was succeeded as Count of Walbeck by his son Siegfried upon his death.
Sources
Warner, David A., Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
Heinrich, Leo, Lectures on the History of the German people and Reich, E. Anton, 1867
Big, Walthe,: The Counts of Walbeck, Resin Magazine, 1952
Leyser, Karl, Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours 900-1250, The Hambledon Press, London, 1982
Bury, J. B. (editor), The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1922
References
"Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Walbeck: LOTHAR II". fmg.ac. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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According to Wikipedia:
Lothar II the Elder (died 986[1]), Count of Walbeck, son of Lothar I, Count of Walbeck.
Thietmar of Merseburg reported that his grandfather Lothar participated in the plot to assassinate Emperor Otto I by his brother Henry on Easter 941 and lost all his property as a result. He was imprisoned for a year at Imgelheim by Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau. Lothar paid a heavy fine and founded the canon at Walbeck as atonement. Berthold later married Lothar`s daughter Eilika.
Lothar married Mathilde von Arneburg, daughter of Bruno, Count of Arneburg, and Frederuna, daughter of Volkmar, Count of Harzgau. Mathilde`s nephew was Bruno of Querfurt, son of her brother Bruno, Count of Querfurt. Lothar and Mathilde had four children:
Lothar III von Walbeck, who became Margrave of the Nordmark (as Lothair I)
Eilika von Walbeck, married Berthold of Schweinfurt, Count in the Radenzgau
Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, married Kunigunde von Stade, daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. They were the parents of Thietmar of Merseburg.
Dietmar von Walbeck, Abbot of Corvey.
Lothar was succeeded as Count of Walbeck by his son Siegfried upon his death.
Sources
Warner, David A., Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
Heinrich, Leo, Lectures on the History of the German people and Reich, E. Anton, 1867
Big, Walthe,: The Counts of Walbeck, Resin Magazine, 1952
Leyser, Karl, Medieval Germany and Its Neighbours 900-1250, The Hambledon Press, London, 1982
Bury, J. B. (editor), The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1922
References
"Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Walbeck: LOTHAR II". fmg.ac. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
Events
| Death | 986 |
Families
| Spouse | Mathilde von Arneburg ( - ) |
| Child | Living |