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   Berenger II von SulzbachGender: MaleBirth: 1080 - Sulzbach,Oberpfalz,Bavaria,GermanyDeath: Dec 10 1125Burial: Dec 1125 - Ursensollen, Amberg-Sulzbacher Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), GermanyParents: Comte Gebhard II de Sulzbach, Irmingard von RottSpouses: Adelheid van Diessen van Wolfrathausen, Adelaide Von Frantenhausen, Adelaide von Sulzbach (born de DIESSEN)Children: Ludgardis van Salszbach., Graf Gebhard III SULZBACH, VON, Mathilde Sulzbach, Luitgarde Louvain (born Sulzbach)Siblings: Comte Berenger I de Sulzbach, Adelheid Weyarn (born Sulzbach), Graf Gebhard III SULZBACH, VON, Heinrich I, Graf von Lechsgemünd-Frontenhausen, Otto II Count von Mohren Lechsgemund  Additional information:
   
   LifeSketch: 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. 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 Bořivoj. 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]

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