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Birth:          ABT  970 of Schwienfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
Death:          18 Sep 1017 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_of_Schweinfurt
Henry of Schweinfurt (de Suinvorde; c.?970 – 18 September 1017) was the Margrave 
of the Nordgau from 994 until 1004. He was called the "glory of eastern Franconia" by 
his own cousin, the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg.

Henry was the son of Berthold and Eilika (Eiliswintha or Eila) of Walbeck. His father's 
parentage is not known with certainty, but he may have been a son of Arnulf, Duke of 
Bavaria. Henry was Bavarian, whoever his grandfather.

Henry held a succession of countships after his father's death in 980. He was 
appointed marchio, like his father, of the Bavarian Nordgau in 994. In 1003, he 
revolted against Henry II of Germany claiming that he had been promised the Duchy of 
Bavaria in return for his support. The king said that the Bavarians had a right to elect 
their own duke. Henry allied with Boleslaus I of Poland and Boleslaus III of Bohemia. 
Nevertheless, his rebellion was quashed and he himself was briefly captive. The king 
established the Diocese of Bamberg to prevent any further uprisings in the region. The 
new diocese took over the secular authority of the margrave in the region of the 
Bavarian Nordgau.

Finally, it was only the joint persuasion of both his saecular and ecclesiastical 
overlords, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, and Tagino, Archbishop of Magdeburg, that 
reconciled him to Henry in 1004. Henry of Schweinfurt did subsequently gain new and 
old countships before his death in 1017. He was buried at Schweinfurt.

Family[edit]

Henry married Gerberga of Gleiberg, daughter of Herbert of Wetterau. They had three 
sons and two daughters:
Otto, who later became Duke of Swabia
Eilika or Eilica, married Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
Judith of Schweinfurt (died 2 August 1058), married Bretislaus I of Bohemia
Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt, chancellor of the Emperor Conrad II
Henry, a count in the Nordgau

Parents
VON BABENBERG Berthold I (ABT  915 - 15 Jan  980)
VON WALBECK Eilika (Eiliswintha) (Heilika) (Eila) (ABT  955 - 19 Aug 1015)

Siblings
VON SCHWEINFURT Henry (Heinrich) (ABT  970 - 18 Sep 1017)

Marriage To VON GLEIBERG Gerberga (ABT  970 - AFT 1036)
    m. 1003 

Notes

Parents
VON WETTERAU Heribert (ABT  947 - ABT  992)
OF AVALGAU Ermentrude (ABT  928 - )

Children by VON GLEIBERG Gerberga ABT  970 - AFT 1036
VON SCHWEINFURT Otto III (ABT 1004 - 28 Sep 1057)
VON SCHWEINFURT Henry (ABT 1005 - AFT 1043)
VON SCHWEINFURT Eilika (Elica) (ABT 1005 - 1059)
VON SCHWEINFORT Judith (ABT 1007 - 2 Aug 1058)

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