Heinrich von Schweinfurt, margrave of Bavarian Nordgau

Also known as Hezilo.

Events

Date of Birth: about 970 or 975.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 18 September 1017.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Seibert and by Schmid. Althoff (p. 414) gives 17 September 1017.

Place of Burial: Schweinfurt.

The place is given by Schmid.

Relationships

Father: Berthold, margrave (died 980).

This relationship is given by Seibert and by Schmid.

Mother: Eilika von Walbeck.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Gerberga.

This relationship is given by Cawley. Her father is sometimes given as Heribert, count palatine, count in Kinziggau, and sometimes as Otto, count of Grabfeld. Cawley prefers the former.

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.)

Otto von Schweinfurt (died 28 September 1057), duke of Swabia, married Irmgard di Susa.

Eilika married Bernhard II, duke in Saxony.

Judith (died 2 August 1058) married Břetislav I, Duke of Bohemia.

References

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

Cawley, Charles. “HEINRICH von Schweinfurt” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Schmid, A. "Heinrich von Schweinfurt" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Schmid, A. "Schweinfurt" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 7 (Stuttgart: 1995).

Seibert, Hubertus. “Schweinfurt” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 24 (2010), S. 49-50 [Onlinefassung].