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Birth:          ABT 1060 of Tulln, Niedereosterreich, Austria
Death:          12 Oct 1095 

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Crusader 1101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II,_Margrave_of_Austria
Leopold II (German: Luitpold, 1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair 
(German: Luitpold der Schöne), was the Margrave of Austria from 1075 to his death in 
1095. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.[1]
Life[edit]

Leopold the Fair was born in 1050, the son of Ernest and Adelaide of Eilenburg, the 
daughter of Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.

In the Investiture Dispute, he first sided with Emperor Henry IV, but in 1081 at the Diet 
of Tulln switched sides under the influence of his wife Ida and Bishop Altmann of 
Passau. Subsequently, he was deposed by the Emperor, who gave the fief to Vratislav 
II of Bohemia, who defeated Leopold in the Battle of Mailberg. Ultimately, Leopold 
managed to retain his position, but he lost some territory in Southern Moravia, but 
Luitpold of Znojmo, Duke of Moravia was his son in law. Leopold resided in Gars am 
Kamp.

In 1089 Leopold helped pay for the construction of Melk Abbey in eastern Austria by 
donating the land for the new Abbey. The ruins of Thunau a Kamp castle, once a 
summer residence of Leopold, are 68 kilometres (42 mi) away.[2]

In 1065 Leopold married Ida, countess of Cham (1055–1101), in Cham, Oberpfalz, 
Bavaria. Ida was the daughter of Rapoto IV and Mathilde. Ida is said to have died 
during the crusade of 1101.

The two had a son, Leopold III, as well as six daughters who married Dukes and 
Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. One of them, called Ida of Austria (or 
Ida of Babenberg), married Luitpold, Duke of Moravia, part of Znojmo.

Parents
____ Ernest "the Valiant" "the Bold" (1027 - 10 Jun 1075)
VON EILENBURG Adelaide (Adelheid) (Maud) (ABT 1030 - 26 Jan 1071)

Siblings
____ Leopold II "der Schone" ("the Handsome") (ABT 1060 - 12 Oct 1095)

Marriage To OF CHAM Ida (ABT 1055 - AFT 1101)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
OF CHAM Ratpoto IV (ABT 1035 - 1080)
____ Mathilde (ABT 1038 - )

Children by OF CHAM Ida ABT 1055 - AFT 1101
____ Leopold III "The Saint" (ABT 1087 - 15 Nov 1136)

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