The power base of his family lay around Harsefeld and Stade, but through advantageous marriages, they had control of almost the entire eastern third of the Duchy of Saxony in lands and rights.
In 1044, William became Margrave of the Nordmark. In 1056, the Saxons were defeated by the Liutizi at the Battle of Pritzlawa (Havelmündung), and William was killed. The Emperor Henry III and Lothair Udo I died the same year. Lothair Udo II came into a very strong position and became margrave the next year.
Lothair initially placed himself in opposition to the Billung family and Adalbert of Bremen. Adalbert had won great influence over the young King Henry IV and he designed to extend the influence of the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen over the various small counties of Saxony, especially between the Elbe and the Weser in order to better evangelise the Slavs. In 1063, Adalbert annexed Stade from Lothair. Originally he had supported Lothair as a counterweight to Billung influence in Saxony, but military conflict soon broke out between the Udonids and the Billungs.
After Henry IV came of age in 1065, Lothair recovered his lost territories from the Billung and Adalbert, whose took a serious setback (1066). In 1068, Lothair was granted the March of Zeitz. In that year, he and Henry attacked the Liutizi along the Elbe, but in 1069 they called the expedition off in failure.
In 1071, Lothair was involved in the conspiracy of Bardowiek. In 1073, he was on the side of the king, but the policy of Adalbert and his successor Liemar put him at odds with the royal party again. In 1075, he fought under Otto of Nordheim at the Battle of Homburg against the king. They were defeated. Lothair immediately made peace with the king to allow his hostage son to go free. The rest of the Saxon nobles went through long negotiations.
Lothair was succeeded by his son Henry in 1082. His widow was Oda (born c. 1050), daughter of Richenza (daughter of Otto II of Swabia) and Herman III, Count of Werl.
Marriage and issueedit
Lothair Udo married Oda of Werl, daughter of Herman III, Count of Werl, and his wife Richenza. (also Uda and Hilaria; b. ca. 1050), their children were:
Adelaide (Adelheid) (ca. 1065–18 October 1110), married (1) with Frederick III, Count of Goseck (ca. 1065–5 February 1085), also Count of Putelendorf and as Frederick III also Count Palatine of Saxony, and (2) with Louis the Jumper, Count of Schauenburg (near Friedrichroda, Thuringia; 1042–1123) also Count of Thuringia.
Lothair Udo was succeeded as margrave and count by his son Henry upon his death.
lothair, margrave, nordmark, lothair, 1025, 1082, margrave, nordmark, from, 1057, until, death, also, count, stade, lothair, only, lothair, udonids, adelaide, rheinfelden, lothair, iimargrave, nordmark, count, stadebornc, 1025died1082, 1082, aged, familyudonid. Lothair Udo II c 1025 1082 was Margrave of the Nordmark from 1057 until his death and also Count of Stade as Lothair Udo III He was the only son of Lothair Udo I of the Udonids and Adelaide of Rheinfelden Lothair Udo IIMargrave of the Nordmark and Count of StadeBornc 1025Died1082 1082 00 00 aged 56 57 FamilyUdonidsSpouse s Oda of WerlIssueHenry I Margrave of the Nordmark Lothair Udo III Margrave of the Nordmark Rudolf I Margrave of the Nordmark Siegfried of Stade Adelheid Countess of Schauenburg and ThuringiaFatherLothair Udo I Margrave of the NordmarkMotherAdelheid of Rheinfelden The power base of his family lay around Harsefeld and Stade but through advantageous marriages they had control of almost the entire eastern third of the Duchy of Saxony in lands and rights In 1044 William became Margrave of the Nordmark In 1056 the Saxons were defeated by the Liutizi at the Battle of Pritzlawa Havelmundung and William was killed The Emperor Henry III and Lothair Udo I died the same year Lothair Udo II came into a very strong position and became margrave the next year Lothair initially placed himself in opposition to the Billung family and Adalbert of Bremen Adalbert had won great influence over the young King Henry IV and he designed to extend the influence of the Archdiocese of Hamburg Bremen over the various small counties of Saxony especially between the Elbe and the Weser in order to better evangelise the Slavs In 1063 Adalbert annexed Stade from Lothair Originally he had supported Lothair as a counterweight to Billung influence in Saxony but military conflict soon broke out between the Udonids and the Billungs After Henry IV came of age in 1065 Lothair recovered his lost territories from the Billung and Adalbert whose took a serious setback 1066 In 1068 Lothair was granted the March of Zeitz In that year he and Henry attacked the Liutizi along the Elbe but in 1069 they called the expedition off in failure In 1071 Lothair was involved in the conspiracy of Bardowiek In 1073 he was on the side of the king but the policy of Adalbert and his successor Liemar put him at odds with the royal party again In 1075 he fought under Otto of Nordheim at the Battle of Homburg against the king They were defeated Lothair immediately made peace with the king to allow his hostage son to go free The rest of the Saxon nobles went through long negotiations Lothair was succeeded by his son Henry in 1082 His widow was Oda born c 1050 daughter of Richenza daughter of Otto II of Swabia and Herman III Count of Werl Marriage and issue editLothair Udo married Oda of Werl daughter of Herman III Count of Werl and his wife Richenza also Uda and Hilaria b ca 1050 their children were Henry I the Long Margrave of the Nordmark and Count of Stade as Henry III ca 1065 27 June 1087 married Eupraxia of Kiev Lothair Udo III Margrave of the Nordmark and Count of Stade as Lothair Udo IV ca 1070 2 June 1106 Rudolf I Margrave of the Nordmark and Count of Stade d 7 December 1124 married Richardis 1 daughter of Hermann Count of Sponheim Lavanttal d 22 July 1118 since 1080 Burgrave of Magdeburg brother of Archbishop Hartwig of Magdeburg Siegfried d ca 1111 Provost at Magdeburg Adelaide Adelheid ca 1065 18 October 1110 married 1 with Frederick III Count of Goseck ca 1065 5 February 1085 also Count of Putelendorf and as Frederick III also Count Palatine of Saxony and 2 with Louis the Jumper Count of Schauenburg near Friedrichroda Thuringia 1042 1123 also Count of Thuringia Lothair Udo was succeeded as margrave and count by his son Henry upon his death Notes edit Rudolf II Luitgard of Stade Queen consort of Denmark and Hartwig Count of Stade Archbishop of Bremen were their children Sources editGenealogie Mittelalter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lothair Udo II Margrave of the Nordmark amp oldid 1189937821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
