Berthold IV, Duke Of Zähringen
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Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen ( – 8 December 1186) was a
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of Zähringen and Rector of
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. He was the son of
Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen Conrad I ( – 8 January 1152) was Duke of Zähringen from 1122 until his death and from 1127 also Rector of Burgundy. He spent most of his life stemming the growing power of the House of Hohenstaufen and to this end, allied himself with th ...
and Clementia of Luxembourg-Namur. He founded numerous cities, including
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Life

Berthold IV succeeded his father, Conrad I, in 1152 as Duke of Zähringen. Berthold also claimed the title of "Duke of Burgundy", which he had agreed upon with Barbarossa to receive after conquering the Cisjuran ("French") territories of Burgundy together and also helping him out in his Italian campaign in 1152. However, the conquest of Burgundy failed and in 1156 the Emperor
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instead married Beatrice, the daughter of the last Count of
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of the
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. This interfered with Berthold's claims and Berthold was given the title of ''Rector of Burgundy'' and was made overlord over the Transjuran ("Swiss") parts of Burgundy,
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and Sion. The rivalry with Duke Frederick IV of neighbouring Swabia caused him to fight on the side of
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in the
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(1164-1166). In 1173, he became overlord of
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. An entry in the necrology of the
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reads : "Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen donated 5 candles for the memory of John the Baptist".


Marriages and issue

Berthold IV was married to Heilwig of Frohburg, with whom he had three children: *
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, the last Duke of Zähringen. After his death, the counts of Kyburg and Urach inherited the Zähringen possessions * Agnes, married to Count Egino IV of Urach — According to the necrology of Tennenbach Abbey, she was the daughter of Berthold V, vol. I. p. 340 * Anna, married to Count Ulrich III of Kyburg. They were the maternal grandparents of king
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* * Dukes of Zähringen 1120s births 1186 deaths 12th-century German nobility {{Germany-duke-stub