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Personal data Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of (Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of) Austria 

• First name Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of.
• He was born in the year 1050 in Tulin, Niederoesterreich, Austria.Sources 3, 4
• (Ruled ) in 1075-1102.
• He died on October 12, 1102 in Gars am Kamp, Austria, he was 52 years old.Source 5
• Alternative: He died in the year 1096, he was 46 years old.Sources 3, 4
• A child of Ernst "The Valiant" Margrave of ADDED Austria and Adelheid von Meissen Margravine of Ostmark
• This information was last updated on December 24, 2023.

Household of Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of (Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of) Austria

(1) He is married to Itha Princess of Germany.

They got married at 1st wife.

Child(ren):

1. Sophia of Austria  ± 1068-1154

(2) He is married to Ida von Cham.

They got married about 1071.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth of Austria  ± 1081-????
2. Adelheid von Babenberg  ± 1082-± 1120 
3. Eufemie Princess of Austria  ± 1086-????
4. Leopold III "Saint" Margrave of Austria  ± 1075-1136 

Notes about Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of (Leopold II "The Fair" Margrave of) Austria

Charlemagne Descendant many times over!

This Charlemagne descendant is documented here on this one extended family site as either a
10th-11th-12th great grandchild less than 10 times as such a multi-ancestral path descendant of ,
Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor [HRE]---coronation on 25 December 800 in Rome---
with HREs so created and so serving until August 6, 1806, when the Empire was disbanded.
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Leopold II, Margrave of Austria
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Leopold II

Leopold the Fair at the Battle of Mailberg, Babenberger Stammbaum, Klosterneuburg Monastery, 1489–1492
Margrave of Austria
Reign1075–1095
PredecessorErnest
SuccessorLeopold III
Born1050
Died12 October 1095
Gars am Kamp(?), Austria
SpouseIda of Formbach-Ratelnberg
Issue
DetailLeopold III, Margrave of Austria
HouseBabenberg
FatherErnest
MotherAdelaide of Eilenburg
Leopold II (1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair (German: Luitpold der Schöne), a member of the House of Babenberg,[1] was Margrave of Austria from 1075 until his death. A supporter of the Gregorian Reforms, he was one of the main opponents of the German king Henry IV during the Investiture Controversy.

Biography
Leopold the Fair was born in 1050, the son of Margrave Ernest of Austria and his wife Adelaide of Eilenburg, the daughter of the Wettin margrave Dedi I of Lusatia. His Babenberg ancestors had ruled the Margraviate of Austria since the appointment of Leopold's great-grandfather Leopold I in 976.

Leopold II succeeded as margrave upon his father's death in June 1075, at the time when the Investiture Dispute broke out between King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. He first sided with the German monarch and stayed at his court even after Henry's Walk to Canossa in January 1077. However, he switched sides under the influence of his wife Ida and Bishop Altmann of Passau, a loyal supporter of Pope Gregory who was expelled from his diocese by Henry's forces in 1078. Altmann fled to Austria and Margrave Leopold had to face an invasion by royal troops the next year, which led to the final break with the king.

In summer 1081, while King Henry IV was on campaign in Italy, Leopold backed the election of anti-king Count Hermann of Salm and convened an Austrian diet at Tulln where he officially dissociated from Henry. Subsequently, he was declared deposed by the king, who gave the Imperial fief to his loyal supporter Duke Vratislav II of Bohemia. The Přemyslid duke invaded Austria and defeated Leopold in the 1082 Battle of Mailberg, from where the margrave narrowly escaped with his life. Ultimately, however, he managed to retain his position, while Vratislav was elevated to a King of Bohemia in 1085. Leopold lost some territory in Southern Moravia north of the Thaya river, ruled by Prince Luitpold of Znojmo, who was, nevertheless, his son-in-law.

Leopold II and Abbot Sigibold of Melk, ceiling fresco in Melk Abbey, c. 1745
While Bishop Altmann of Passau stayed in Austria, the margraviate obtained a leading position in promoting the Gregorian Reforms, overruling the concept of proprietary churches and marriages of priests. Altmann introduced the Cluniac oberservance to Kremsmünster Abbey and in 1083 established the Augustinian monastery of Göttweig near Krems. In 1089 Margrave Leopold helped pay for the construction of Melk Abbey in the Wachau region by donating extended premises high above the shore of the Danube for the new monastery. The ruins of Gars am Kamp castle, the last margravial residence of Leopold, are 68 kilometres (42 mi) away.[2]

Marriage and children
In 1065 Leopold married Ida (1055–1101), a Bavarian countess of Formbach (Vornbach). Ida was the daughter of Count Rapoto IV and Matilda and a relative of Archbishop Thiemo of Salzburg. She is said to have died during the Crusade of 1101. Leopold and Ida had a son:

Leopold III (1073–1136), who succeeded his father as Austrian margrave,
as well as six daughters:

Adelaide (d. after 1120), married Count Theoderic II of Formbach
Elizabeth (d. 1107), married Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
Gerberga (d. 1142), married Duke Bořivoj II of Bohemia
Ida, married the Přemyslid prince Luitpold of Znojmo
Euphemia, married Count Conrad I of Peilstein
Sophia (d. 1154), married Henry of Eppenstein, Duke of Carinthia from 1090 to 1122, and secondly Count Sieghard X of Burghausen.
References
Citations
Lingelbach 1913, p. 90.
"Google Map". Google Maps. Google. 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
Bibliography
Beller, Steven (2007). A Concise History of Austria. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521478861.
Brooke, Z. N. (1938). A History of Europe: From 911 to 1198. London: Methuen & Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1443740708.
Lechner, Karl (1976). Die Babenberger: Markgrafen und Herzoge von Österreich 976–1246. Vienna: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3205085089.
Leeper, Alexander W. (1941). History of Medieval Austria. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0404153472.
Lingelbach, William E. (1913). The History of Nations: Austria-Hungary. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. ASIN B000L3E368.
Pohl, Walter (1995). Die Welt der Babenberger. Graz: Verlag Styria. ISBN 978-3222123344.
Rickett, Richard (1985). A Brief Survey of Austrian History. Vienna: Prachner. ISBN 978-3853670019.
Wegener, Wilhelm (1965). Genealogischen Tafeln zur mitteleuropäischen Geschichte. Vienna: Verlag Degener.
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Alternate death year 1096

Ruled : 1075-1102
Crusader 1101

Crusader 1101.

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