See also
| Husband: | Dietrich II of KATLENBURG (c. 1045-1085) | |
| Wife: | Gertrude + of BRUNSWICK (1062-1117) | |
| Children: | Dietrich III KATLENBURG (1075- ) | |
| Name: | Dietrich II of KATLENBURG | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Dietrich I of KATLENBURG (c. 1020- ) | |
| Mother: | Bertrada of HOLLAND (c. 1025- ) | |
| Birth | 1045 (est) | |
| Title | Count of Rittigau | |
| Occupation | Count of Rittigau | |
| Death | 1085 (age 39-40) | |
| Name: | Gertrude + of BRUNSWICK | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Egbert I + (1036-1068) | |
| Mother: | Irmgard + of SUSA (1038-1078) | |
| Birth | 1062 | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Death | 9 Dec 1117 (age 54-55) | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Name: | Dietrich III KATLENBURG | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1075 | |
Dietrich II of Katlenburg (* 10;? † January 21 1085 in Berka / Werra ) was from 1056 Lies and the Count Rittigau with the genetic Einbeck . In contemporary sources, he is unlike his predecessors, for the first time in the Saxon area from the year 1075 as Count of Katlenburg referred to the new hilltop castles. [1] It is likely that he probably in the 11th Century, resulting in today's Katlenburg Katlenburg used in a strategic location at the edge of the Harz and the use of his right in the forest Vorharzgebiet as manor.
He was the only son of Count Dietrich I of Katlenburg Bertrada and Holland (daughter of Count Dietrich III. from Holland , the Jerusalem).
Dietrich was probably one of the leading group in the uprising and eastern Saxony engrischen nobility against King and Emperor Henry IV at. Henry IV had begun to an even greater degree, to claim sovereign rights in eastern Saxony and the Harz area and build new hilltop castles. Count Dietrich had to turn the market and mint coins in Gittelde seized and forest law in this Vorharzgebiet. So were the Earls of Katlenburg one of the few noble families in northern Germany, which has a coin possessed, probably built to protect his son Dietrich II, or the nearby John Benjamins . on the former territory of the Reich [1]
When Dietrich wanted to expand his power, so the influence of King Henry had to be weakened in this area. Dietrich II in 1075 made the battle of Homburg on the Unstrut with, but had to submit, like most rebels. He succeeded in 1076 and Herman Billung († 1086), as the first of the group of imprisoned prince to return to Saxony, where they struggle against King Henry IV re-recordings.
In January 1085 Gerstungen arose between Henry and the Saxons to negotiations in which the Gregorians (followers of Pope Gregory VII ) tried to unite the Saxons back in front against Henry. In the subsequent discussion of the Saxons in the nearby Berka was a dispute among them, because they believed that Dietrich and the Hildesheim bishop Udo von Gleichen-Reinhausen were changed on the side of the king. In the scuffle he was and killed a relative of the same name.
Around 1080 he founded the monastery as a family church and the monastery St. Alexandri on his family farm in Einbeck. During excavations in 1975 in the church in a prominent location a stone niche defined set of head grave was discovered, which is interpreted as laying grave of the founder Dietrich II. His death was commemorated in St. Alexandri apparently still in the 16th Century [2]
[ edit ] Marriage and children
He married Gertrude of Brunswick (c. 1060), daughter of the Margrave of Meissen I. Egbert .
Dietrich III. of Katlenburg (c. 1075/80; † August 12, 1106).
Gertrud of Brunswick (c. 1060 - 9 December 1117 in Brunswick) was a member of the Brunonen dynasty and the Margravine of Meissen.
Gertrude was the daughter of Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen, and Irmgard of Susa. She was married to Count Dietrich II of Katlenburg (d. 1085). In 1090, after the childless death of her older brother Ekbert, last of the male Brunonen, she inherited the Brunonen seat of Brunswick. When her husband died, she acted as regent for their son Dietrich III.
Gertrude later married again, this time to Count Henry the Fat of Northeim (d. 1101). Their daughter Richenza of Northeim (d. 1142) married Lothar of Süpplingenburg, Duke of Saxony and future Holy Roman Emperor. He received the Brunonen's seat at Brunswick. After his death, she again acted as regent, this time for her second son Otto III of Northeim.
Gertrude's third husband was the Wettin Henry I of Eilenburg (d. 1103), the Margrave of Meissen. Their son, Henry II was born after his death in 1103. She was one of the leaders of the insurrections against Henry IV, the Holy Roman emperor, and his son Henry V. She protected the interests of her sons and Henry II later secured the family's authority over the Margraviate of Meissen.