Richlind of Altdorf (c.990- 12 June 1045) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Swabian line of the

Elder House of Welf An elder is someone with a degree of seniority or authority. Elder or elders may refer to: Positions Administrative * Elder (administrative title), a position of authority Cultural * North American Indigenous elder, a person who has and tr ...

Life

Richlind was the daughter of

Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf Rudolf II (also Rudolph) (died c.990) was a count of Altdorf and a member of the Swabian group of the Elder House of Welf. He was the son of Rudolf I, count of Altdorf, son of Henry, son of Eticho count of Ammergau, son of Welf I. He was married t ...

and Ita (or Ida), daughter of

Conrad I, Duke of Swabia Conrad I (also Konrad) (born 915/920 - died 20 August 997) was Duke of Swabia from 983 until 997. His appointment as duke marked the return of Conradine rule over Swabia for the first time since 948. Life There is considerable confusion about Conra ...

. She was married to Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg. The couple had no children. When Richlind’s husband, Adalbert, was dying (in March 1045) he made a donation to the monastery of

Ebersberg Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg ''Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest continu ...

and left his remaining property to his wife. Richlind enlisted the help of

Emperor Henry III Henry III (28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Henry was raised by ...

, to transfer this property to her nephew,

Welf III Welf III (13 November 1055), the last male member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1047 until his death. Life Welf III was the only son of the Swabian count Welf II of Altdorf ...

, the son of her brother, Welf II. Richlind died on 12 June 1045, when a building in which she was standing collapsed.''Chronicon Ebersbergense'', a. 1045, p. 14.
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References

*B. Schneidmüller, ''Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252).'' (Stuttgart, 2000) *H. Dopsch, ‘Welf III und Kärnten’ in D. Bauer, et al., eds., ''Welf IV. - Schlüsselfigur einer Wendezeit: Regionale und europäische Perspektiven'' (Munich, 2004), pp. 84–128.

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{{authority control House of Welf 11th-century German nobility Elder House of Welf 11th-century German women Countesses in Germany 1045 deaths Swabian nobility