Lothar II von Walbeck

As an adherent of Heinrich of Bavaria , the youngest son of King of Germany Henry I , Count Lothar took part in the unsuccessful attempt on the life of Otto the Great on Easter 941 in Quedlinburg . As an atonement for this transgression, he later founded a monastery in Walbeck . Staying under rather soft arrest with Bertold, Count Schweinfurt , who belonged to the noble family of the Babenbergs and was the most influential person in the Bavarian Nordgau, he married his daughter Ayla to him.

After the attempt on Otto I, he was deprived of his possessions, but a year later received them back. This was written by his grandson, the historian Titmar of Merseburg . The traditional translations of this message by Titmar interpret it in such a way that Lothar was forgiven by Otton and received from him two more estates (in Zantersleben and Gutenswegen ) and a monetary refund. But the language of Titmar is quite difficult to understand, and perhaps, as Karl Leyser believes, Titmar meant that Lothar had to pay a fine and part with two estates.

Lothar II died on January 21, 964; his wife survived him and died in 991.

Lothar II is buried in the monastery he founded, in the monastery church of St. Mary. Since then, the church has served as a tomb for members of the Walbek House . It stood for more than 900 years, but fell into decay and was destroyed in the 19th century. In the early 1930s, during a study of the ruins of the church, the sarcophagus of Lothar II was discovered, now it is in the church of St. Michael in Walbeck .

Wife: Matilda von Arneburg (d. December 3, 991 ), daughter of Bruno, Count von Arneburg.

Children:

• Lothar III von Walbeck (d. 25 January 1003 ) - Count von Walbeck
• Siegfried von Walbeck (d. March 15, 991 ) - Count von Walbeck
• Eilika (d. 1016 ) - marriage (942) Bertold Schweinfurt (d. 980)

Research

• Leyser, Karl. Rule and conflict in an early medieval society: Ottonian Saxony. - Indiana University Press, 1979.

Primary sources

• Titmar of Merseburg . Chronicle / Per. with lat. I.V.Dyakonova. - 2nd edition, revised. - M .: SPSL - “Russian Panorama”, 2009. - 254 p. - (MEDIÆVALIA: medieval literary monuments and sources). - 1,500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93165-222-1 .
• Saxon Annalist . Chronicle / Translation from Lat. and comm. I.V. Dyakonova; foreword I.A. Nastenko. - M .: “SPSL” - “Russian Panorama”, 2012. - 712 p. - (MEDIÆVALIA: medieval literary monuments and sources). - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-93165-170-5 .

• Lothar II (German) . Genealogie Mittelalter. Date of treatment December 17, 2011. Archived on April 15, 2012.
• Sarkophag Graf Lothar II. (+964) (unspecified ) . Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur . Date of treatment September 18, 2014.