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Berthold, Duke of Merania. Berthold IV (c. 1159 – 12 August 1204), a member of the House of Andechs, was Margrave of Istria and Carniola (as Berthold II ). By about 1180/82 he assumed the title of Duke of Merania, referring to the Adriatic seacoast of Kvarner which his ancestors had conquered in the 1060s and annexed to Istria and Carniola. [1]
- c. 1159
- Berthold I of Istria
- Dießen Abbey
- Hedwig of Wittelsbach
The family of Duke Berthold, from the Hedwig Codex.. The Duchy of Merania was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire from 1152 until 1248. The dukes of Merania were recognised as princes of the Empire enjoying imperial immediacy at a time when these concepts were just coming into use to distinguish the highest ranks of imperial nobility.
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Dec 7, 2023 · Berthold IV (died 12 August 1204) was the Count of Andechs (from 1172) and first Duke of Merania, that is, the seacoast of Dalmatia and Istria, of the House of Andechs.
- Andech, Bayern
- Agnes Von Rochlitz
- Bayern
- circa 1159
Saint Hedwig of Andechs (c. 1174 – October 1243) was one of eight children born to Berthold IV, Duke of Merania, Count of Dießen-Andechs and Margrave of Istria. Of her four brothers, two became bishops: Ekbert of Bamberg (1203–1231), and Berthold, Patriarch of Aquileia . Otto succeeded his father as Duke of Dalmatia, and Henry became ...
- Ludwig Jozef, Duke of Dießen-Andechs
- Duke of Dießen-Andechs, Margrave of Istria, Duke of Merania
- 1100
The Duchy of Merania was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire from 1152 until 1248. The dukes of Merania were recognised as princes of the Empire enjoying imperial immediacy at a time when these concepts were just coming into use to distinguish the highest ranks of imperial nobility. The family of Duke Berthold, from the Hedwig Codex.
Berthold was born around the year 1180 in one of the most powerful families of the Empire, the youngest son of Berthold IV count of Andechs, marquis of Istria and duke of Merania († 1204). Chosen for an ecclesiastical career, after being provost of Bamberg, in 1205 he followed his sister Gertrude, who married Andrew Arpad in Hungary, and in ...
Berthold IV (c. 1159 – 12 August 1204), a member of the House of Andechs, was Margrave of Istria and Carniola (as Berthold II). By about 1180/82 he assumed the title of Duke of Merania, referring to the Adriatic seacoast of Kvarner which his ancestors had conquered in the 1060s and annexed to Istria and Carniola.
