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Birth:          ABT 1078 
Death:          27 Jun 1151 

Notes
called himself the ruler of the Castle of Andechs on Ammersea
established the family seat at Andechs in 1127
Stuart has birth in 1096/98 but date fits if the 9 is a 7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthold_II,_Count_of_Andechs
Berthold II of Andechs (also known as Berthold IV, Berchtold, or Bertholf; before 1099 
– 27 June 1151), a member of the House of Andechs, was a German nobleman. He 
was a ruling count of Dießen and Andechs in the Duchy of Bavaria, of Plassenburg 
and Kulmbach in Franconia, as well as bailiff of Benediktbeuern Abbey.

Life[edit]

Berthold's descendance has not been conclusively established. According to the 
Europäische Stammtafeln genealogy, he was probably the elder son and heir of Count 
Arnold of Dießen (d. 1098) and his wife Gisela of Schweinfurt, a daughter of Duke 
Otto III of Swabia. He thereby was a grandson of Count Frederick II of Dießen (d. 
1075).

In 1098, he inherited his father's Bavarian possessions around the Ammersee and 
Lake Starnberg, as well as those in Upper Franconia. Around 1120, he could succeed 
the comital Sigimar dynasty as bailiff (Vogt) of Benediktbeuern Abbey, and thereby 
increased his influence considerably. He co-founded the abbey of Dießen (where in 
1130 he was documented to be bailiff) and maintained relations with Admont Abbey in 
the March of Styria. When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 
15 Hufen (oxgangs) of land in Moosburg, Carinthia to the monastery.

Around 1100, Berthold built a new residence on a hill outside Andechs, which later 
became the site of Andechs Abbey. A little later, in the early 1130s, he built 
Plassenburg Castle north of Bayreuth; from 1137, he styled himself "Count of 
Plassenburg". He probably founded the town of Kulmbach around the same time at the 
foot of the hill below Plassenburg Castle; the town is first mentioned in contemporary 
sources in 1174.

He was married to Sophia (d. 1132), a daughter of Margrave Poppo II of Istria (d. 
1103), a member of the House of Weimar-Orlamünde. She brought more prestige into 
the marriage, and the family's first possessions southeast of the Alps. She was of royal 
blood: her paternal grandmother was Sophia, a daughter of King Béla I of Hungary, 
from the House of Árpád. When Sophia's cousin, Margrave Poppo III of Istria died in 
childless, after 1141, his possessions were divided by the husbands of his widow and 
his sisters; thus Berthold, the Counts of Sponheim and the Counts of Bogen secured 
extensive possessions in Carniola, Lower Styria and Carinthia. Between 1143 and 
1147, Bethold became Count of Stein.

After 1140, Berthold spent much of his time at the court of King Conrad III of Germany; 
this was probably related to a dispute he had with the Archbishop of Bamberg, who 
felt that Berthold threatened his worldly power in Upper Franconia.

Marriage and issue[edit]

Berthold married twice. His first wife was Sophia, a daughter of Margrave Poppo II of 
Carniola (d. 1103), a member of the House of Weimar-Orlamünde. Together, they had 
the following children:
Poppo (d. 1148)
Berthold III (d. 1188)
Otto (d. 1196), Bishop of Brixen and 1165 to 1170 as Otto VI and Bishop of Bamberg 
from 1177 until his death as Otto II.
Gisela (d. after 1150), married Count Diepold II of Berg-Schlklingen (d. 1160/1165)

After Sophia's death, he married Kunigunde, a daughter of Count Egbert II of 
Formbach-Pitten, the heiress of Formbach. With her, he had the following children:
Mechtildis (d. 1160), Abbess of Edelstetten Abbey
Euphemia (d. 1180), abbess of Altmünster Abbey
Kunigunde (d. 1139), a nun at Admont Abbey
[dates and other information suggest that he was the grandson of the BROTHER of 
Frederick II of Diessen]

Parents
____ Berthold III (ABT 1040 - 1098)
VON SCHWEINFURT Gisela (ABT 1046 - 2 Feb 1100)

Siblings
____ Berthold II (IV) (ABT 1078 - 27 Jun 1151)

Marriage To OF ISTRIA Sophia (ABT 1090 - 6 Sep 1128)
    m.  his 1st

Notes

Parents
____ Poppo II (ABT 1060 - 1098)
____ Richgard (Richilda) (ABT 1060 - )

Children by OF ISTRIA Sophia ABT 1090 - 6 Sep 1128
____ Berthold I (V) (ABT 1110 - 14 Dec 1188)

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