Dedo II

Dedo II († October 1075), known also under the name of Dedi II , was Margrave of the Marche of the East saxonne (also called Low-Lusace) starting from 1046 and margrave of the Marche of Misnie starting from 1069. He was the second wire of Thierry II of Brehna and Eilenberg and Mathilde, the girl of the margrave Ekkehard I {{er}} of Misnie.

Biography

Dedo II married Oda, the girl of Thietmar and the sister of Odo II. Oda was the widow of Guillaume III of Weimar and the mother of Guillaume and Otto, which became margraves of Misnie. Odo II having died without to have had of child, Dedo inherited the Walk of the East saxonne.

When Otto is deceased in 1067, Dedo married its Adèle widow of Leuwen in 1069, and on its behalf, asserted the Marche of Misnie where Egbert I {{er}} had succeeded Otto. By claiming Misnie, Dedo defied the royal prerogatives in the steps. In its rebellion, Dedo was supported by the Count Adalbert II of Ballenstedt which had seized the monastery of Nienburg rested by the family of the first wife of Dedo. Adele of Leuwen supported her husband savagely, which brought the Chroniqueur Lambert of Hersfeld to qualified saevissima uxor .

Adalbert of Bremen, one of the Regent S of the young king Henri IV, put an end to the revolt and restored peace in Thuringe and Misnie. Imprisoned aété Dedo and its family found themselves with only the Lusace where his/her oldest son (Dedo II) briefly succeeded in 1069 to him before being assassinated. The king and Dedo were reconciled and Dedo could find its functions.

In 1073, when the nobility saxonne revolted against the king, Dedo tried to reconcile the two camps. In 1075, the king with responsibility of ensure the safety of Iziaslav I {{er}} which had taken refuge in Saxony.

Dedo left a girl (Adelaide) born from its first marriage which married the margrave of Austria Ernest. Dedo left two wire born of its second marriage: Henri (margrave de Lusace and of Misnie) and Conrad (killed during a battle against the Wendes).

Sources

Thompson, James Westfall, Feudal Germany, Volume II , New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.
Bernhardt, John W, Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Medieval Early Germany, C. 936– 1075 , Cambridge, Cambridge University Near, 1993.
Pätzold, Stefan, Die frühen Wettiner - Adelsfamilie und Hausüberlieferung (a) 1221 . Köln, Weimar, Wien, 1997, ISBN 3-412-08697-5

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