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| Name |
Engelbert III |
| Suffix |
Margrave of Istria |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Oct 1173 |
| Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_III_of_Istria
«b»Engelbert III«/b» (died «u»6 October «/u» «u»1173 «/u») was the «u»Margrave of Istria «/u» and «u»Carniola «/u» from 1124 until his death. He was a «u»Sponheimer «/u», the eldest son of «u»Engelbert II «/u» and Uta of Passau. He succeeded his father in Istria and Carniola when his father was raised to the «u»Duchy of Carinthia «/u». He is sometimes numbered Engelbert II of Istria.
From 1135 to 1137 Engelbert was «u»Margrave of Tuscany «/u». In 1156, he witnessed the granting of the «u»«i»Privilegium Minus «/u»«/i» creating the «u»Duchy of Austria «/u».
Engelbert married «u»Matilda of Sulzbach «/u», youngest daughter of «u»Berengar I of Sulzbach «/u». He was thus a brother-in-law of «u»Gertrude «/u», wife of «u»Conrad III of Germany «/u», and «u»Irene «/u», wife of «u»Manuel I Comnenus «/u» Matilda died late in 1165. They had four children:
«tab»«u»Henry «/u», who inherited Carinthia from his grandfather in 1144
«tab»Urlic, Count of «u»Laibach «/u»
«tab»Godfrey, a pries
«u»«tab»Herman II «/u», succeeded his brother in Carinthia
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I61102 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Nov 2009 |
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