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Burchard II (883/884 – 29 April 926) was the Hunfriding Duke of Swabia (from 917) and Count of Raetia. He was the son of Burchard I of Swabia. Burchard took part in the early wars over Swabia. His family being from Franconia, he founded the convent of St Margarethen in Waldkirch to extend his family's influence into the Rhineland. [1]
About 882 Burchard married one Liutgard (possibly the Ottonian princess Liutgard of Saxony, widow of King Louis the Younger) and had the following children: Burchard II (d. 926), succeeded as Duke of Swabia in 917; Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga) married Hupald of Dillingen (d. 909). Odalric, count in the Thurgau and Zürichgau ...
Erchanger Ahalolfing, dominant count in Alemannia after the execution of Burchard I, declared duke in 915, exiled September 916, executed January 917. Burchard II (917–926, Hunfriding), recognized Henry the Fowler as king of Germany in 919 and was recognized by Henry as Duke of Swabia in return. Hermann I (926–949, Conradine)
The most common and oft-recurring names in the family were Hunfrid, Adalbert, Odalric/Ulric, and Burchard. During the rise of the jüngeres Stammesherzogtum, that is, the "younger" stem duchies, the Hunfridings, like the Conradines in Franconia, were merely the most powerful among many well-entrenched ancient families vying for supremacy in Swabia.
Burchard III (c. 915 – 12 November 973), a member of the Hunfriding dynasty, [1] was the count of Thurgau and Zürichgau, perhaps of Rhaetia, and then Duke of Swabia from 954 to his death. [ 1 ] Life
Burchard III, son of Burchard II, ruled from 954 to 973, when he was succeeded by Liudolf's son, Otto, afterwards duke of Bavaria, to 982, and Conrad I, a relative of Duke Hermann I, until 997. Hermann II, possibly a son of Conrad, succeeded, and, dying in 1003, was followed by his son Hermann III. During these years the Swabians were loyal to ...
Burchard II may refer to: Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (883/884–926) Burchard II (Bishop of Halberstadt) (c. 1028–1088) This page was last edited on 7 ...
Herman I (died 10 December 949) was the first Conradine Duke of Swabia (from 926), the son of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine, [1] and a cousin of King Conrad I of Germany.. When duke Burchard II died at Novara, while campaigning in Italy, King Henry the Fowler gave the duchy to Herman.