Lothar (II), count of Walbeck

Lothar participated in a plot to assassinate King Otto I in 941, losing all his property as a result. He eventually was restored after paying a heavy fine and founding the canonry at Walbeck as an act of atonement. Lothar was placed under the submission of Margrave Berthold, who married Lothar’s daughter Eilika. [Warner, pp. 49-50]

Events

Date of Birth: about 900.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 21 January 964.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given at www.manfred-hiebl.de. Warner (chart of Walbeck and Querfurt) gives 964. Cawley gives 986.

Relationships

Father: Lothar I, count of Walbeck.

This relationship is given by Warner (p. 49).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Mathilde von Arneburg.

This relationship is given by Warner (p. 49).

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.)

Lothar (died 25 January 1003), margrave of the Nordmark, married Godila, daughter of Werner.

Eilika von Walbeck (died 19 August 1015) married Berthold, margrave.

Siegfried (died 15 March 992), count of Walbeck, married Kunigunde von Stade.

Dietmar von Walbeck, abbot of Corvey.

References

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

Lothar II at www.manfred-hiebl.de.

Thietmar of Merseburg. Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg. Warner, David A. translator and annotator.