Ratpoto, count of Cham

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 15 October 1080.

Place of Death: Hohenmölsen.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Dietpold, count in Upper Traungau.

This relationship is given by Loibl (p. 390), and by Weller (p. 786).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Mathilde.

Weller (p. 786) states that she was probably the daughter of Arnold II of Wels-Lambach.

(supposed) Spouse: a daughter of Hermann, count of Kastl and his wife, Haziga von Diessen.

This relationship is given by Cawley, who states that it is given by Wegener, but that he is unsure of the evidence for it.

Children (by Mathilde):

(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.)

Ratpoto (died 14 April 1099), count palatine of Bavaria, married Elisabeth, widow of Kuno von Rott, count palatine of Bavaria.

Ulrich (died 24 February 1099), count of Finnengen, married Adelheid of Lechsgemünd.

Mathilde married Ulrich, count of Ratelberg-Windberg.

Children (by his second wife):

Hermann (died 18 March 1133), bishop of Augsburg.

References

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

Loibl, Richard. Der Herrschaftsraum der Grafen von Vornbach und ihrer Nachfolger. (Kommission für Bayerische Landesgeschichte: Munich, 1997).

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