Poppo II (died 1098), Count of

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from 1070 and of

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from 1096 to his death.

Life

Poppo was the son of Margrave Ulric I of Carniola and Sophia of Hungary, daughter of King Béla I of Hungary. He succeeded his father upon his death in 1070. Poppo married Richgard (lt: ''Richardis''), daughter of Count Engelbert I, Margrave of Istria, who governed Istria until his death on 1 April 1096. According to the 1170 '' Historia Welforum'' chronicle, Poppo and Richgard had two daughters: *Sophia of Istria (d. 1132), married Count Berthold II of Andechs, mother of Margrave Berthold I of Istria (1110 or 1122 – 1188) *Hedwig, married firstly Count Herman I of Winzenburg and secondly Count Adalbert II of Bogen. Poppo remained a loyal supporter of the Salian emperor Henry IV during the

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. Because of his lack of surviving sons, he was succeeded by his younger brother Ulric II.

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