Theodoric II (ca. 1080 – January 1163) was

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(1105–1163). He was the son of

Theodoric I Theodoric I (; ; 390 or 393 – 20 or 24 June 451) was the king of the Visigoths from 418 to 451. Theodoric is famous for his part in stopping Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, where he was killed. Early career In 41 ...

, Count of Montbéliard, Bar and

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, and Ermentrude of Burgundy. He received first possessions of the family, but they were chased by his subjects because of his bad temper. After the death of his father in 1105, he received the

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, becoming its count that same year. He played an important role with emperors, participating in the

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. He had also founded several monasteries. His wife is unknown. He had the following issue: *Theodoric III, who died between 1155 and 1160. Married to Gertrude Habsburg, the daughter of Werner II, Count of Habsburg *Sophie († 1148), married in 1128 to Richard II, Count of Montfaucon. It was their son, Amadeus II of Montfaucon, who succeeded his grandfather. *Stephanie, married to Folmar, Count of Sarrewerden *Ermentrude, married to Eudes, Count of la Roche

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Theodoric II Theodoric II ( 426 – early 466) was the eighth King of the Visigoths, from 453 to 466. Biography Theoderic II, son of Theodoric I, obtained the throne by killing his elder brother Thorismund. The English historian Edward Gibbon writes that ...

1163 deaths Year of birth uncertain