Lothar II the Elder (died 986), Count of Walbeck, son of

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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 ...

reported that his grandfather Lothar participated in the plot to assassinate

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by his brother

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on Easter 941 and lost all his property as a result. He was imprisoned for a year at Imgelheim by

Berthold of Schweinfurt Berthold of Schweinfurt (died 15 January 980) was a German nobleman. Life He was first mentioned as a Count in 941. In 960, he was mentioned as Count in the Radenzgau. In 961, he appears as count on the lower Raab and in 973 as count in the Vo ...

, 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

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, son of her brother Bruno, Count of Querfurt. Lothar and Mathilde had four children: * Lothar III von Walbeck, who became

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(as Lothair I) * Eilika von Walbeck, married

, Count in the Radenzgau *

Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck Siegfried I the Elder (Siegfried der Ältere von Walbeck) (died 15 March 990), Count of Walbeck and Möckerngau, son of Lothar II the Old, Count of Walbeck, and Mathilde von Arneburg. Rule He succeeded his father as Count of Walbeck upon his ...

, married Kunigunde von Stade, daughter 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 ...

. They were the parents of

. * 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

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