Ernst von Babenberg, margrave of Bavarian Ostmark

Events

Date of Birth: between 1025 and 1028.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimate is given by Scheibelreiter.

Date of Death: 10 June 1075.

The date is given by Scheibelreiter. Lechner gives the date as 10 June.

Place of Burial: Melk.

The place is given by Lechner and by Scheibelreiter.

Relationships

Father: Adalbert, margrave of Ostmark.

This relationship is given by Lechner and by Scheibelreiter.

Mother: uncertain.

Scheibelreiter (1986) gives either der Immedingerin Glismod or Mathilde von Cham-Vohburg. Scheibelreiter (2010) gives Glismond, sister of Bishop Meinwerk of Paderborn. Lechner (1976, p. 83) states that Ernst was certainly a son of Adalbert's second marriage, to Froiza Orseolo.

Spouse: Suanahild.

This relationship is given by Lechner and by Scheibelreiter.

Spouse: Adelheid von Wettin.

This relationship is given by Lechner, by Weller (p. 328), and by Scheibelreiter.

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 Lechner.)

Leopold II (died 12 October 1095), margrave of Austria, married Itha.

Justizia married Otto III, count of Wolfratshausen.

References

Lechner, Karl. “Ernst” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959) S. 618 f. [Onlinefassung].

Lechner, Karl. Die Babenberger: Markgrafen und Herzoge von Österreich 976-1246 (1976).

Scheibelreiter, G. "Ernst." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 3 (Stuttgart, 1986).

Scheibelreiter, Georg. Die Babenberger: Reichsfürsten und Landesherren. (Böhlau Verlag: Wien, 2010).

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).