Bertold III (according to another numbering - IV or V ; German: Berthold III .; C. 1120/1125 - December 14, 1188 ) - Count of Andex , Margrave of Istria and Krajina (under the name Bertold I ) from 1173. The second son of Bertold II von Andeks (d. 1151) and his first wife Sophia of Istria (d. 1132), daughter of the Margrave of Istria and Krajna Poppo II (d. 1098/1103).
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Life and work
Bertold III inherited extensive possessions from his parents and enjoyed great influence in the Holy Roman Empire . Under his control were routes from Germany to Italy. He repeatedly accompanied the emperor Frederick Barbarossa in his campaigns.
In 1157, Bertold inherited the possession of the dying line of the Counts of Disensky. After the death of Count Eckbert III, von Formbach-Pitten entered the struggle for inheritance with the Count of Styria Ottokar III . As a result, Pitten went to Styria, and Berthold received Neuburg, Sherding and Windberg.
Bertop's brother Bishop Otton VI von Andeks of Brixen in 1165 granted him count rights in Norital and Pustertal, and later granted Vogt rights in his bishopric and in the Neustift Monastery.
In the 1170s, Bertold bought land south of the Inn River and built a bridge in the place where the city of Innsbruck later formed.
In 1173 he received from Frederick Barbarossa, as imperial linen, the Margrave of Istria-Krajn, which was previously owned by Engelbert III von Spanheim , his mother's cousin.
In 1180, after the fall of Heinrich Leo, the son of Bertold III - Bertold IV received the title of Duke of Meran, and the Andean dynasty became princely.
Bertold III died in 1188 and was buried in the monastery of Dysen.
Family
Berthold was married twice.
The first wife is Gedwig von Dachau-Wittelsbach. Children:
- Bertold IV (d. 1204)
- Sophia (d. 1218); husband: Poppo VI (d. 1190), Count Henneberg
- Kunigunda (d. After 1207); husband: Eberhard III , Earl Eberstein
- Mehtilda (d. 1245); 1st husband - Frederick I (d. 1178), Count of Hohenburg; 2nd husband: Engelbert III , Count of Goritsy.
The second is Liutgard, daughter of the Danish King Sven III . Children:
- Poppo von Andex-Meran (d. 1245), Bishop of Bamberg since 1239
- Bert , abbess in Herbstedt.
Notes
Literature
- Edmund Freiherr von Oefele: Berthold III., Graf von Andechs, Plassenburg, Markgraf von Istrien. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 514-516.
- Heinrich Appelt: Berthold III., Graf von Andechs, Plassenburg, Markgraf von Istrien. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , S. 151 (Digitalisat).