Leopold II Margrave Of Austria
1055 - 1096 (~ 41 years)-
Name Leopold II Margrave Of Austria Born cir 1055 Tulln, Niederoesterreic, Austria 
Gender Male Died 12 Oct 1096 Person ID I64243 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 22 Jun 2003
Father Ernst II Margrave Of Austria, b. cir 1024, Tulln, Niederoesterreic, Austria , d. 09 Jun 1075 (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Adelheid Princess Of Ostmark, b. cir 1040, Meissen, Dresden, Saxony, Germany , d. 26 Jan 1071, Szadowo, Gmina Kwidzyn, Pomerania, Poland (Age ~ 31 years) Family ID F24475 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ida Countess Of Cham, b. cir 1063, Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany Children 1. Leopold III of Austria, b. cir 1084, Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria , d. 15 Nov 1136 (Age ~ 52 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F24474 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Leopold II (1050 October 12, 1095) was a Babenberg Margrave of Austria ruling from 1075 onwards. He was known as Leopold the 'fair'. He was the son of Ernest the Brave and Adelheid, the daughter of Margrave Dedi (or Dedo) II of Meissen and father of Leopold III as well as seven daughters who married Dukes and Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. His wife, Itha (or Ida), countess of Cham (1060-1101), died on a crusade. They were married in 1065 in Cham, Oberphalz, Bavaria.
In the Investiture Dispute, he first sided with Emperor Henry IV, but in 1081 at the Diet of Tulln switched sides under the influence of his wife Itha and Bishop Altmann of Passau. Subsequently, he was deposed by the Emperor, who gave the fief to Vratislav II of Bohemia, who defeated Leopold in the Battle of Mailberg. Ultimately, Leopold managed to retain his position, but he lost some territory in Southern Moravia. Leopold resided in Gars am Kamp.
In 1089 Leopold II helped pay for the construction of Melk Abbey in eastern Austria by donating the land for the new Abbey. A few miles away from Melk Abbey, in eastern Austria, are the ruins of Thunau a Kamp castle, once a summer residence of Leopold II. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
- Leopold II (1050 October 12, 1095) was a Babenberg Margrave of Austria ruling from 1075 onwards. He was known as Leopold the 'fair'. He was the son of Ernest the Brave and Adelheid, the daughter of Margrave Dedi (or Dedo) II of Meissen and father of Leopold III as well as seven daughters who married Dukes and Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. His wife, Itha (or Ida), countess of Cham (1060-1101), died on a crusade. They were married in 1065 in Cham, Oberphalz, Bavaria.