Henry II the Good (946–1016), Count of Stade, son of

Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade Henry I the Bald (died 11 May 976) was Count of Stade. He was son of Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Swanhild of Saxony. Henry is recorded as a cousin of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, but their exact relationship remains a mystery. Henry was also ap ...

, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of

Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine Gebhard of Lahngau ( 860/868 – 22 June 910), of the Conradine dynasty, son of Odo (died 879), count of Lahngau, and Judith, was himself count of Wetterau (909–910) and Rheingau (897–906) and then duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine). In 903, Lo ...

. Little is known about Henry, other than the writings of

Thietmar of Merseburg Thietmar (also Dietmar or Dithmar; 25 July 9751 December 1018), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two ...

, who described the deaths of his three maternal uncles Henry, Udo and Siegfried, captured by pirates with Count Adalgar. Thietmar also reports that Henry destroyed the castle at

Harsefeld Harsefeld (in High German, in Low Saxon: Harsfeld; literally in ''horse field'') is a municipality situated south-west of Hamburg (Germany). Harsefeld has a population of c. 12,500 and belongs to the district of Stade, Lower Saxony. Harsefeld ...

and replaced it with a monastery. Henry married Mechtild, of an unknown family, and they had two children, only one of which is recorded: * Siegfried III von Stade (d. 26 October 994). Henry was succeeded as Count of Stade by his youngest brother Siegfried II upon his death. Henry's other brother Lothair Udo I is also identified in some sources as a Count of Stade and, if so, then the two brothers shared the countship for a period of time.

Sources

* Warner, David A., ''Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001 * Hucke, Richard G., ''Die Grafen von Stade 900-1144''. Genealogie, politische Stellung, Comitat und Allodialbesitz der sächsischen Udonen; Diss. Kiel, Stade mit umfassenden Nachweisen der Quellen und älteren Literatur, 1956
Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Stade (family of Lothar)
{{Authority control 946 births 1016 deaths Counts of Stade