Part 2.
Alberto Azzo II, Marchese d'Este
(997-1097; son of Alberto Azzo I Cte di Luni, Genoa & Milano (d.1029)) m.1st
ca 1035 Kunigunde (see Part 1); m.2nd Gersende, dau.of Cte Herbert I
du Maine and ex-wife of Cte Thibaut III de Blois; by the second marriage he had
two sons: Cte Hugues V du Maine, who sold the Comté of Maine to his cousin,
Hélie de la Fleche ca 1093, and Folco I d'Este (d.1128); for the descendants of Folco, see Part 7.
Azzo II had by Kunigunde one
son:
Welf IV, Duke of Bavaria 1070 (d.Paphos,
Cyprus 9 Nov 1101; bur Weingarten), who m.1st (div 1070) Ethelinde,
dau.of Otto von Northeim, Duke of Bavaria, and m.2nd ca 1070 Judith,
dau.of Duke Richard III of Normandy (and
widow of Tostig, Earl of Northumberland). By the first marriage Welf acquired
a.
Welf V, Duke of Bavaria (b.ca 1073, d.Burg
Kaufering 24 Sep 1120, bur Weingarten), who m.ca 1089 Matilda, Lady of Canossa,
Dss of Tuscany (d.Bondeno de’Roncovi 24 Jul 1115, bur San Benedetto di
Polirono), dau.of Bonifacius of Canossa, Mgve and Ct of Reggio, Modena and
Brescia, Mgve of Tuscany, Duke of Spoleto
b.
Heinrich "the Black", Duke of
1a) Heinrich "the Proud", Duke of
1b) Heinrich "the
Lion", Duke of Saxony 1142 and of Bavaria 1156 (b.1129/33, d.Braunschweig
6 Aug 1195; bur Braunschweig Dom); about 1180 he fell from power and lost his
duchies, but the family kept their new family lands in Braunschweig; m.1st
ca 1148 (div 1162) Klementia (d.by 1167), dau.of Duke Konrad I von Zähringen
(and later wife of Ct Humbert of Savoy); m.2nd Minden 1 Feb 1168
Matilda (d.Braunschweig 28 Jun 1189; bur Braunschweig Dom) dau.of King Henry II
of England
[by 1st
m.]:
1c) Heinrich, d.young (fell
from table) at Lüneburg, bur Lüneburg Klosterkirche
2c) Gertrud (ca 1155-1 Jul
1197); m.1st 1166 Duke Friedrich IV of
3c) Richza, d.by
[by 2nd
m.]:
4c) Heinrich I Pfgf bei Rhein
1195/1212 (1173/4-Braunschweig
1d) Heinrich II Pfgf bei Rhein
(ca 1196-14 Apr/1 May 1214; bur Kl Schönau nr
2d) Irmingard (b.ca 1200,
d.Lichtenthal
3d) Agnes (ca 1201-16 Nov 1267;
bur Scheyern); m.Worms May 1222 Duke Otto II of
5c) Lothar (b.1174/5, d.as
hostage at
6c) Otto IV, German King 1198,
Emperor 1209 (1176/7-d.on the Harzburg 19 May 1218; bur Braunschweig Dom); m.1st
Nordhausen 23 Jul 1212 Beatrix von Hohenstaufen (1198-11 Aug 1212; bur
Braunschweig Dom) dau.of Emperor Philipp; m.2nd Maastricht 19 May
1214 Marie (d.19 May/14 Jun 1260; bur St.Peter, Louvain) dau.of Duke Henry I of
Brabant (and later wife of Ct William of Holland)
7c) Wilhelm, Duke of Lüneburg
1208 (
1d) Otto I "the
Child", Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1204-Braunschweig
1e) Otto, d.1247, bur
St.Michaelis, Lüneburg
2e) Albrecht I
"the Great", Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1236-Braunschweig 15
Aug 1279; bur Braunschweig Dom); m.1st Braunschweig 13 Jul 1254
Elisabeth (1243-dsp 1261) dau.of Duke Henry II of Brabant; m.2nd
Kenilworth 1 Nov 1263 Alessina (d.4/5 Feb 1285) dau.of Mgve Bonifacius of
Montferrat (and later wife of Gerhard Gf von Holstein-Schauenburg); for his descendants see Part 3
3e) Johann, Duke
of Lüneburg (1242-13 Dec 1277; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg); m.Hamburg 1265
Liutgard (d.after
1f) Otto II, Duke
of Lüneburg, d.9/10 Apr 1330; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg; m.1st a
dau (dsp) of Otto Gf von Oldenburg; m.2nd 1288 Matilde
(1275-Lüneburg
1g) Johann,
administrator of the archbishopric of
2g) Otto III, Duke
of Lüneburg (1296-19 Aug 1352; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg); m.22 Mar 1310
Matilde (b.1293, d.3 Jun after 1358; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg) dau.of
Heinrich II Fst von Mecklenburg
1h) Otto, drowned
young in the Ilmenau
2h) Elisabeth,
Abbess of Wienhausen 1359/81, d.20 Feb 1386
3h) Matilde, d.by
1357; m.1339/40 Otto Gf von Waldeck (d.ca 1369)
3g) Wilhelm, Duke
of Lüneburg, d.23 Nov 1369; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg; m.1st by 7
Apr 1328 Hedwig (d.5 Dec 1336; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg) dau.of Otto Gf von
Ravensberg; m.2nd Marie N (d.before 2 Feb 1341); m.3rd
Magdeburg 12 Mar 1346 Sophie (d.18 Dec 1362; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg) dau.of
Bernhard Gf von Anhalt-Bernburg; m.4th 24 Jun 1363 Agnes (d.after 7
Jan 1387; bur St.Michaelis, Lüneburg) dau.of Duke Erich II of Saxe-Lauenburg
1h)
[by 1st m.] Elisabeth, d.17 Apr 1384; m.1st
2h)
[by 2nd m.] Matilde, d.after
4g) Ludwig, Bp of
5g) Matilde;
m.Ulzen autumn 1315 Nikolaus Fst von Werle (d.Süstow
6g) Luitgard,
Abbess of Wienhausen 1328/36, d.16 Apr 1338
7g) Jutta, Abbess
of Wienhausen 1338, d.16 Aug 1342
8g) [illegitimate] Ludolf von Lüneburg, a canon in
Medingen fl 1326/55
2f) Matilde, d.after
1308, bur Kl Wienhausen; m.1291 Heinrich Fst von Werle (d.8 Jan 1291)
3f) Elisabeth,
d.1294/8, bur Rastede; m.before
4f) Agnes, d.by
5f) Helene (bur
St.Silvestri, Wernigerode); m.by 1315 Konrad Gf von Wernigerode (d.22 Jul 1339)
6f) [illegitimate] Heinrich von Braunschweig, a canon
in Walsrode, d.by
4e) Otto, Bp of Hildesheim
1274, d.4 Jul 1279, bur
5e) Konrad, Bp of Verden 1283,
d.15 Sep 1299, bur St.Andreas, Verden
6e) Matilde, Abbess of Gernrode
1275/95, d.1297; m.1245 Heinrich Gf von Anhalt (d.1266)
7e) Helene (
8e) Elisabeth, d.27 May 1266,
bur Middelburg; m.Braunschweig 25 Jan 1252 Ct William II of Holland, German
King (k.a.Hoogwoude
9e) Adelheid, d.12 Jun 1274,
bur
10e) Agnes, d.Dec 1327;
m.1263/5 Wizlaw Fst von Rügen (d.Oslo
8c) Richenza
(1172-1209/10); m.1st
9c)
[illegitimate by N von Blieskastel] Matilda, b.by 1164, d.by 1219; m.by
2a) Konrad, a Cistercian monk, d.Bari
3a) Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto (1114/6-Memmingen
1b) Welf
2b) [?Elisabeth;
m.ca 115- Rudolf Gf v.Pfullendorf (d.9 Jan 1181)]
4a) Sophie, d.by 1147; m.1st Duke Berthold III von
Zaehringen (k.a.3 Dec 1122); m.2d Leopold of
5a) Judith, b.after 1100, d.1130/1; m.1119/21 Duke
Friedrich II of Swabia (d.1147)
6a) Mathilde, d.16 Feb 1183; m.1st ca 1128
Dietrich Mkgf von Vohburg (d.ca 1128); m.2nd ca 1129 Gebhard Gf von
Sulzbach (d.28 Oct 1188)
7a) Wulfhild, d.after 1156; m.Rudolf Gf
von Bregenz (d.1160)