Siegfried II (c. 956 – 1037),
Count of Stade
The Counts of Stade were members of the Saxony nobility beginning in the 10th century. Stade had developed since the 8th century as a principal center of trade and communications. The Counts of Stade created their domain between the lower Elbe and ...
, was the youngest son of
Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of
Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine.
Siegfried married Adela of Rhienfelden, daughter of
Gero, Count of
Alsleben
Alsleben () is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, south of Bernburg. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper.
Personality Sons and dau ...
, and his wife Adela. Siegfried and Adelaide had three children:
*
Lothair Udo II, Count of Stade, and Margrave of Nordmark (as Lothair Udo I)
* Irmgard von Stade, Abbess of Alsleben
* Bertha von Stade, Abbess of Alsleben.
Siegfried was succeeded as Count of Stade by his son Lothair Udo II.
Sources
* Warner, David A., ''Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
* Bury, J. B. (editor), ''The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 1922
* 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
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950s births
1037 deaths
Counts of Stade
10th-century Saxon people
10th-century rulers in Europe
11th-century Saxon people
11th-century rulers in Europe
People captured by pirates