Albrecht (Adalbert) av Ballenstädt, "Adalbert 2."

1030 - 1080  (50 years)

• Name	Albrecht (Adalbert) av Ballenstädt
  Suffix	"Adalbert 2."
  Birth	1030  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1060	Hartz, Niedersachsen, Tyskland   [1, 2]
  	Greve og namsmann (Graf in Saxony and Vogt of Nienburg Abbey).
  	Adalbert 2, Count of Ballenstedt (c.1030 – 1076/83) was a member of the House of Ascania and was Graf in Saxony and Vogt of Nienburg Abbey. Adelbert was born at Ballenstedt in Eastphalia, the son of Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt and his wife Mathilde, probably a daughter of Duke Herman 2 of Swabia. About 1068 he married Adelheid, daughter of Margrave Otto 1 of Meissen and his wife Adele. Their two sons were Otto the Rich and Siegfried of Orlamünde, later Count Palatine of the Rhine. According to chronicler Lambert of Hersfeld, Adalbert supported Margrave Dedi 1 of the Saxon Eastern March in his 1069 conflict with King Henry 4. Dedi from the House of Wettin had married Adalbert's mother-in-law Adele, widow since 1067, and claimed the possessions of her deceased husband Otto of Meissen. Both had to surrender in short order, Adalbert however remained a fierce opponent of the king. From 1073 on he participated in the Great Saxon Revolt under Otto of Nordheim for which he was arrested in 1075. Even after his release he backed antiking Rudolf of Rheinfelden until he was finally killed in a feud at Westdorf near Aschersleben by one of Henry's liegemen. Adalbert's widow married Count Palatine Hermann 2 of Lotharingia from the Ezzonid dynasty and – in her third marriage – Count Palatine Henry of Laach from the House of Luxembourg, father of her son Siegfried. [2]
  Death	1080  [1]
  Person ID	I3502	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Eisicho (Esiko) av Ballenstädt,   b. Abt 0985   d. Abt 1060 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mathilde av Werl,   b. Abt 0990
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Greve og grevinne
  Family ID	F1966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelheid av Weimar-Orlamünde, "av Meissen",   b. Abt 1055   d. Abt 1100 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1070
  	Adelheid også gift med pfalzgreve Hermann i Lothringen (død ca.1088), og pfalzgreve Henrik av Laach og Lothringen (død ca.1095). [1]
  Children	+ 1. Otto av Ballenstädt,   b. Abt 1075   d. 09 Feb 1123 (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1597] Bernt Billing Hansen og Vidar Billing Hansen, Hefte: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, 1990. (Reliability: 1). [S754] Wikipedia (Reliability: 1).