Burchard II, duke of Swabia

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 28 or 29 April 926.

Place of Death: Novara.

The date and place are given by Cawley.The date 28 April 926 is given by Althoff (p. 377).

Relationships

Father: Burchard I, count of Churrätien

This relationship is given by Borgolte, by Zettler (p. 120), and by Bühler (p. 213).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Reginlinde.

This relationship is given by Borgolte, by Zettler (p. 120), and by Bühler (pp. 213, 704f.).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Burchard III (died 12 November 973), duke of Swabia, married Hedwig von Bayern.

Adalrich.

Bertha married (1) Rudolf II, king of Upper Burgundy; married (2) Ugo, king of Italy.

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Borgolte, Michael. “Burchard II.” in Historisches Lexicon der Schweiz. (2003).

Bühler, Heinz. “Richinza von Spietzenberg und ihr Verwandtenkreis” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Bühler, Heinz. “Wie gelangten die Grafen von Tüblingen zum schwäbischen Pfalzgrafenamt?” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Cawley, Charles. “BURKHARD II Duke of Swabia” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Zettler, Alfons. Geschichte des Herzogtums Schwaben (Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2003).

Zotz, Th. "Burchard I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 2 (Stuttgart: 1983).