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Birth:          ABT 1080 
Death:          3 Dec 1125 Kastel

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Advocate of Bamburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengar_II_of_Sulzbach
Count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c. 1080-83 - 3 December 1125), sometimes known as 
Berengar I of Sulzbach,[a] was Count of Sulzbach in Bavaria. Berengar was a leader 
of the reform party. He sided with Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy 
in opposition to Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and supported Henry V in his 
successful rebellion against his father. He is known as the founder of several abbeys.
Family[edit]

Berengar's grandfather was Gebhard I, Count of Sulzbach (died 1071), who married 
the daughter of Count Berengar I of Sulzbach. Gebhard I may have been the son of 
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia (died 28 July 1038), but this is not certain.[1] Gebhard I 
was father of Gebhard II.[citation needed] Berengar was the son of Count Gebhard II 
of Sulzbach (died 1085) and Irmgard of Rott (died 14 June 1101).[2] His sister 
Adelaide may have married Count Siboto II of Weyarn-Falkenstein, who was later the 
advocate of Baumburg Abbey.[3] The Weyarns at first supported Henry IV in his 
conflict with Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy. Later Siboto II was 
associated with the pro-papal side that included the Sulzbachs.[4]

Around 1099 Berengar married Adelaide, widow and heiress of Count Udalric of 
Passau, nicknamed "the very rich". Count Udalric's cousin, the Count palatine Rapoto 
of Bavaria, had died around the same time as Udalric and had been succeeded by 
Berengar's relative Diepold III, margrave of the Nordgau in Bavaria, who inherited the 
titles of Count of Cham and Margrave of Vuhburg.[5] Berengar was married to Adelheid 
von Lechsgemünd for over six years until her death in 1105. This marriage seems to 
have been childless.[6]

Berengar's second wife was Adelheid von Dießen-Wolfratshausen, with whom he had 
six children, Four of these children married into the highest circles. His son, Count 
Gebhard III of Sulzbach, married Matilda, daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria. His 
daughter Gertrude was the wife of King Conrad III of Germany. Her sister Luitgarde 
married Godfrey II, Count of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine.[6] In 1143 his 
daughter Bertha, later called Irene, married the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos of 
Byzantium (c. 1120-1180). She died about 1158.[7]

Advisor to Henry V[edit]

On 5 February 1104 Count Sigehard of Burghausen was murdered, and Henry IV, Holy 
Roman Emperor, was blamed for the crime.[8] Berengar was one of the Bavarian 
Nordgau princes who held the emperor responsible for the murder. The others were 
Diepold III of Cham-Vohburg and Otto, count of Castl-Habsberg.[9] They encouraged 
Henry V to rebel against his father. The three were closely associated with the 
Gregorian party of Bishop Gebhard of Constance.[9] The noble reform party thought 
that the Emperor Henry IV was leading the people to destruction and only the true 
church, the church of the Gregorian and Monastic Reform, could point the way to 
salvation.[10]

On 12 December 1104 King Henry V with a small retinue left his father's camp in 
Fritzlar and took refuge in Bavaria, the start of the rebellion.[11] During the struggle 
from 1104 to 1106 Berengar was often with Henry V and one of his key advisers in 
affairs of the kingdom.[12] In 1106 Henry IV took refuge from his son in Regensburg, 
calling for assistance from the Czech Duke Borivoj. The Czech army came up, but 
when they saw that Henry V was supported by Margrave Diepold III and Count 
Berengar they retreated.[13] The emperor continued his flight, and died at Liège on 8 
August 1106.[14]

Between 1108 and 1111 Berengar took part in the campaigns in Hungary and Poland 
and on Henry's expedition to Rome. From January 1116 to autumn 1119 there is no 
sign of his presence at the royal court of Henry V. It is believed that during this time 
Count Berengar dedicated his absence from the royal court to increasing his 
monasteries.[12]

Henry V died on 23 May 1125. Berengar was present at the emperor's funeral, and 
was one of the signatories to a letter inviting the leading men of the kingdom to attend 
a diet on 25 August 1125 to elect a successor. The first signatory was Adalbert I, 
Archbishop of Mainz, the archchancellor of Germany. The other secular signatories 
were Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and Godfrey, Count 
Palatine.[15]

Berengar died on 3 December 1125 and was succeeded by his son Gebhard III.[6] 
The son and heir of Gebhard III died on an expedition to Rome in 1167. Frederick I, 
Holy Roman Emperor, nephew of Conrad III, bought the Sulzbach lands for his two 
sons, Frederick and Otto.[16]

Parents
____ Gebhard II (ABT 1058 - ABT 1085)
VON ROT Irmgard (ABT 1060 - 14 Jun 1101)

Siblings
OF SULZBACH Berenger II (ABT 1080 - 3 Dec 1125)

Marriage To VON WOLFRATSHAUSEN Adelaide (ABT 1084 - 11 Jan 1126)
    m. ABT 1099 

Notes

Parents
VON WOLFRATSCHAUSEN Otto II (ABT 1050 - 1120)
VON REGENSBURG Adelaide (ABT 1050 - )

Children by VON WOLFRATSHAUSEN Adelaide ABT 1084 - 11 Jan 1126
VON SULZBACH Mathilde (ABT 1113 - 3 Nov 1165)
VON SULTZBACH Luitgarde (ABT 1120 - 1162)

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