Richlind of Altdorf explained

Richlind of Altdorf
Noble Family:Elder House of Welf
Father:Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf
Mother:Ida of Swabia
Spouse:Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg
Birth Date:c.980

Richlind of Altdorf (c.990- 12 June 1045[1]) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf.

Life

Richlind was the daughter of Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf and Ita (or Ida), daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Swabia.[2] She was married to Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg. The couple had no children.

When Richlind’s husband, Adalbert, was dying (in March 1045) he made a donation to the monastery of Ebersberg and left his remaining property to his wife.[3] Richlind enlisted the help of Emperor Henry III, to transfer this property to her nephew, Welf III, the son of her brother, Welf II.[4]

Richlind died on 12 June 1045, when a building in which she was standing collapsed.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000543.html?pageNo=78&sortIndex=050%3A020%3A0003%3A010%3A00%3A00 Notae necrologiae Ebersbergenses, p. 78.
  2. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 115
  3. http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000887.html?pageNo=14&sortIndex=010%3A050%3A0020%3A010%3A00%3A00 Chronicon Ebersbergense, a. 1045, p. 14.
  4. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, pp. 123-124; Dopsch, ‘Welf III,’ pp. 96-97
  5. http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000887.html?pageNo=14&sortIndex=010%3A050%3A0020%3A010%3A00%3A00 Chronicon Ebersbergense, a. 1045, p. 14.