Lothair Udo III (1070-1106),
Margrave of the Nordmark
The Northern March or North March (german: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast ''Marca Geronis'' in 965. It initially comprised the northern third of the ''Marca'' (roughly corresponding to the modern state of Brandenburg) and ...
and
Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo IV), son of
Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark
Lothair Udo II (c. 1025 – 1082) was Margrave of the Nordmark from 1057 until his death and also Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo III). He was the only son of Lothair Udo I of the Udonids and Adelaide of Rheinfelden.
The power base of hi ...
, and Oda of Werl, daughter of Herman III, Count of Werl, and
Richenza of Swabia. Brother of his predecessor
Henry I the Long.
Lothair Udo was betrothed to
Eilika of Saxony, daughter of
Magnus, Duke of Saxony, and
Sophia of Hungary
Sophia of Hungary ( – 18 June 1095), a member of the royal Árpád dynasty, was a Margravine of Istria and Carniola from about 1062 until 1070, by her first marriage with Margrave Ulric I, as well as Duchess of Saxony from 1072 until her d ...
. However, his attention was diverted to the
House of Helperich, towards Count Helperich's enticing sister ''Ermengardam''. He married this woman, the count's sister Irmgard, daughter of
Dietrich, Count of Plötzkau, and Mathilde von Walbeck, daughter of
Conrad, Count of Walbeck. Eilika moved on and married
Otto the Rich, Count of Ballenstedt, and was mother to
Albert the Bear
Albert the Bear (german: Albrecht der Bär; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.
Life
Albert was the only son of Otto, Count of Ba ...
, the last Margrave of the Nordmark and first
Margrave of Brandenburg
This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Mark, or ''March'', of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Hol ...
. This provides an interesting twist in the history of the county of Stade.
Lothair Udo and Irmgard had four children:
*
Henry II, Margrave of the Nordmark, also Count of Stade (as Henry IV)
* A daughter whose name is not known
* Irmgard von Stade, married Poppo IV,
Count of Henneberg
* Adelheid von Stade, married
Henry II, Margrave of Meissen.
Lothair Udo was succeeded by his brother
Rudolf as margrave and count upon his death.
Sources
Hucke, Richard G., ''Die Grafen von Stade. 900–1144. Genealogie, politische Stellung, Comitat und Allodial- besitz der sächsischen Udonen'', Selbstverlag des Stader Geschichts und Heimatvereins, Stade, 1956
Raffensperger, Christian, ''Reimagining Europe'', Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012
Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Stade (family of Lothar)
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