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Ahalolfinger
The Alaholfings (occasionally Ahalolfings) were a noble family of Alemannia in the Early Middle Ages. They were related to the previous rulers of Alemannia, to the Bavarian Agilolfings and to the Geroldings. Their original power base was around the upper Neckar and Danube rivers. They came to possess lands in not only Alemannia, but also in Bavaria, Franconia and 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 Hnabi, of Reichenau Abbey in 724. His most famous descendant was Cadolah, Duke of Friuli, who defended the Pannonian plains into Italy from the Avars. Halaholf founded Marchtal Abbey as a 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 Bertho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchtal Abbey
Marchtal Abbey (german: Kloster Marchtal or ') is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal in the Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The minster church of Saints Peter and Paul, the former abbey church, located on a prominent elevation, still dominates the landscape for miles around. History First foundation In 776 the noble clan of the Ahalolfinger made a gift of the monastery founded by their ancestor Halaholf and his wife to St Gall's Abbey. By 993 the monastery had become a collegiate foundation of canons dedicated by Herman II, Duke of Swabia, and his wife Gerberga to the apostles Peter and Paul. During the 12th century the monastery passed through the possession of a series of Swabian nobles, including the Staufen and particularly Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. These constant changes of proprietor caused a severe decline in the monastery. Second foundation In 1171 the monastery was refounded by Pfalzgraf Hugo II of Tübingen as a Premonstra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erchanger, Duke Of Swabia
Erchanger (or Erchangar) (c. 860/880 – 21 January 917) was the duke of Swabia from September 915 to his death. He was the son of Berthold I, count palatine of Swabia, who is sometimes called Erchanger as well, in which case the duke is Erchanger II. His mother was Gisela, daughter of Louis the German and his family is known as the Ahalolfinger. He was originally a '' missus dominicus'' in Swabia. In 911, he allied with Bishop Solomon III of Constance due their common political goals. Erchanger was at the time striving for ever greater power in Swabia alongside Burchard I and Burchard II. He played a conspicuous part in the downfall of the elder Burchard, who was convicted of high treason and executed, in 911. With the fall of the Burchards, Erchanger and his younger brother Berthold were the most powerful counts in the tribe. In 913, Erchanger and King Conrad I of Germany fell out, but Erchanger married off his sister Cunigunda, whose husband, Luitpold, had just died, to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardis
Saint Richardis ( la, Richgardis, Richardis), also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French ( 840 – 18 September, between 894 and 896 AD), was the Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Charles the Fat. She was renowned for her piety and was the first abbess of Andlau. Repudiated by her husband, Richardis later became a Christian model of devotion and just rule. She was canonised in 1049. Life She was born in Alsace, the daughter of Erchanger, count of the Nordgau, of the family of the Ahalolfinger. She married Charles in 862 and was crowned with him in Rome by Pope John VIII in 881. The marriage was childless. Charles' reign was marked by internal and external strife, caused primarily by the constant plundering of Norman raiders on the northern French coast. These attacks had intensified as the aggressors, no longer content to pillage the coastline, had moved their attentions to cities and towns along the rivers. The Carolingian world was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichenau Abbey
Reichenau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island (known in Latin as Augia Dives). It was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin, who is said to have fled Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, with patronage that included Charles Martel, and, more locally, Count Berthold of the Ahalolfinger and the Alemannian Duke Santfrid I (Nebi). Pirmin's conflict with Santfrid resulted in his leaving Reichenau in 727. Under his later successor Haito the monastery began to flourish. It gained influence in the Carolingian dynasty, under Abbot Waldo of Reichenau (740–814), by educating the clerks who staffed Imperial and ducal chanceries. Abbot Reginbert of Reichenau (died 846) built up the important book collection. Abbot Walahfrid Strabo (842–849), who was educated at Reichenau, was renowned as a poet and Latin scholar. The Abbey stood along a main north–south highway between Germany and Italy, where the lake passage eased the arduous route. The Abbey of Reichenau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadolah Of Friuli
Cadolah (or Cadalaus) (also ''Cadolach'', ''Chadalhoh'' or ''Chadolah'') (died 819) was the Duke of Friuli from 817 to his death. He was a son of Count Berthold (Pera old) and an Ahalolfinger. He was a patron of the monastery of Saint Gall. With his brother Uuago, he donated property in the village of Wanga to the monastery by charter dated 23 October 805. He also donated property on 17 November 817, at which time he bore the title "count" (''comis'') and directed his son, Berthold, to make donations in his name after his death. By then he had been put in charge of Dalmatia, where he was the local ruler at the time when an embassy from Constantinople passed through on their way to the court of Louis the Pious (816). Sometimes after that, probably in 817, he was created Duke of Friuli. Einhard calls him ''Cadolaum comitem et marcæ Foroiuliensis præfectum'' ("Cadolah, count and prefect of the Friulian march") in 818. Einhard later calls him ''dux Foroiuliensis'' when recording his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, but nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic of Genoa (1005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avars (Carpathians)
The Pannonian Avars () were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in chronicles of Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai ( el, Βαρχονίτες, Varchonítes), or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine sources, and the Apar ( otk, 𐰯𐰺) to the Göktürks (). They established the Avar Khaganate, which spanned the Pannonian Basin and considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century. The name Pannonian Avars (after the area in which they settled) is used to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus, a separate people with whom the Pannonian Avars might or might not have had links. Although the name ''Avar'' first appeared in the mid-5th century, the Pannonian Avars entered the historical scene in the mid-6th century, on the Pontic–Caspian steppe as a people who wished to escape the rule of the Göktürks. They are probably best known for their invasions and destruction in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Zähringen
The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation for having conceded the title of Duke of Swabia to the Staufer in 1098. The Zähringer were granted the special title of Rector of Burgundy in 1127, and they continued to use both titles until the extinction of the ducal line in 1218. The territories and fiefs held by the Zähringer were known as the 'Duchy of Zähringen' (), but it was not seen as a duchy in equal standing with the old stem duchies. The Zähringer attempted to expand their territories in Swabia and Burgundy into a fully recognized duchy, but their expansion was halted in the 1130s due to their feud with the Welfs. Pursuing their territorial ambitions, the Zähringer founded numerous cities and monasteries on either side of the Black Forest, as well as in the western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold III, Count Palatine Of Swabia
Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, ''berht'' meaning "bright" and ''wald'' meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to: *Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series '' Attack on Titan'' People with the given name Berthold * Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (c. 900 – 947), German duke * Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 - 1963), German aristocrat * Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate * Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint *Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1180 – 1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch * Berthold of Ratisbon (c. 1210–1272), German monk *Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author * Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist * Berthold Englisch (1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master *Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages *Berthold Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold II, Count Palatine Of Swabia
Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, ''berht'' meaning "bright" and ''wald'' meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to: *Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series '' Attack on Titan'' People with the given name Berthold * Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (c. 900 – 947), German duke * Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 - 1963), German aristocrat * Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate * Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint *Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1180 – 1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch * Berthold of Ratisbon (c. 1210–1272), German monk *Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author * Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist * Berthold Englisch (1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master *Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages *Berthold Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold I, Count Palatine Of Swabia
Berthold or Berchtold is a Germanic given name and surname. It is derived from two elements, ''berht'' meaning "bright" and ''wald'' meaning "(to) rule". It may refer to: *Bertholdt Hoover, a fictional character in the anime/manga series '' Attack on Titan'' People with the given name Berthold * Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, (c. 900 – 947), German duke * Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906 - 1963), German aristocrat * Berthold of Garsten (died 1142), Austrian prelate * Berthold of Parma (died 1111), Italian Benedictine lay brother and saint *Berthold (patriarch of Aquileia) (c. 1180 – 1251), Hungarian archbishop and patriarch * Berthold of Ratisbon (c. 1210–1272), German monk *Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author * Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist * Berthold Englisch (1851-1897), Austrian-Jewish chess master *Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), German anthropologist and historical geographer with an expertise in East Asian languages *Berthold Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leading Name
A leading name (German ''Leitname'', plural ''Leitnamen'') is a given name that is used repeatedly over several generations in a lineage or broader kin group. Usually the entire name is used again and again, but sometimes a root of a name may be reused in several different forms. A leading name could function as a sort of "moral property", where only those of the lineage had a right to use it and it was expected that nobody else would do so. Both the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties of Frankish kings drew from a repertoire of names that were rarely or never used by other families. Names could be passed on from the paternal or maternal side, often depending on which ancestors were more prominent. The idea of tracing lineages and proposing genealogies based on analysis of leading names is old. In 1043, when Abbot Poppo of Stavelot opposed the marriage of the Emperor Henry III to Agnes of Poitou Agnes of Poitou ( – 14 December 1077), was the queen of Germany from 1043 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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