Engelbert, duke of Carinthia

Margrave of Istria

Duke of Carinthia

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 12 or 13 April 1141.

The date is given by Cawley. Cartellieri gives 12 April.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Engelbert, count in Kraichgau, in Pustertal, and of Sponheim

This relationship is given by Cartellieri and by Landi.

Mother: Hedwig

This relationship is give by Cartellieri, who gives Hedwig's parents as Heinrich III, margrave of Istria and duke of Carinthia and Liutgard, and by Landi, who argues that her parents were Heinrich von Görz and Wezala, who he suggests was a daughter of Werigand II, count of Friuli.

Spouse: Uta von Passau

This relationship is given by Cartellieri and by Hausmann.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Engelbert (died 6 October 1173), margrave of Istria and Tuscany, married Mathilde von Sulzbach.

Heinrich von Sponheim (died 3 January 1169), bishop of Troyes.

Ulrich (died April 1144), duke of Carinthia, married Judith von Baden.

Mathilde von Sponheim married Thibaut IV “le Grand”, count of Blois.

Rapoto (died 26 August 1186), count of Ortenburg, married Elisabeth von Sulzbach.

Hartwig von Sponheim (died 22 August 1164), bishop of Regensburg.

Ida von Sponheim (died 25 May 1178) married Guillaume, count of Nevers.

References

Sources

“Fundatio Monasterii Sancti Pauli in Carinthia” and “Fundatio Monasterii Baumburgensis” in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorum vol.15, part 2 (Hannover, 1888).

Die Kärntner Geschischtsquellen 811-1202 (Klagenfurt, 1904).

Literature

Cartellieri, Alexander. Philipp II. August, König von Frankreich (Band 4) (Leipzig, 1921; republished 1969).

Cawley, Charles. “Engelbert (II) von Sponheim” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Landi, Walter. “Die Stifterfamilie von Sonnenburg. Untersuchungen zur Genealogie der Grafen von Pustertal in ottonischer und frühsalischer Zeit und zu ihren Nachkommen in Bayern, Kärnten und Friaul” in Nearchos, 20 (2012).