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Wilhelm Von Weimar III
- Preferred Name: Wilhelm Von Weimar III
- Alternate Name: Graf von Weimar
- Gender: M
- FSID: GDT2-TZ7
- Birth: ABT 975
- Death: 16 APR 1039 in Naumburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany at LATI: N1.1491 LONG: E1.8107 with note: standardized
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Graf
- Occupation: Graf im Eichsfeld1022
- Occupation: Graf von Weimar1003
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
WILHELM [III] (-16 Apr 1039). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Graf von Weimar. ["Heinricus…Romanorum imperator augustus" donated property "que Gebehardus comes in beneficium habuit, in comitatu Piligrimi et in pago Matihgowe" to Kloster Fulda by charter dated 30 Dec 1014, with the consent of "Willehelmi comitis et fratris eius Popponis"[1174]. Emperor Heinrich II donated property of "Willihelmus comes et Boppo frater eius in villa Winetre in pago Auelgouue in comitatu Ezzonis comitis" to Kloster St Petrus at Bonn by charter dated 25 Feb 1015[1175]. It appears unlikely that these charters refer to Wilhelm [III] Graf von Weimar and his brother Poppo as the latter was already "Markgraf" of Carniola by 1012 and would presumably have been referred to by this title in documentation in subsequent years. However, no other brothers of these names have yet been identified at that time.] Graf in Eichsfeld 1022.
m firstly BERTA, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.
m secondly as her first husband, ODA der Ostmark, daughter of THIETMAR [IV] Markgraf der Ostmark & his wife --- (-before 1068). The Annalista Saxo names Oda as wife of "Willehelmus comes de Wimmare" and records her second marriage to "Dedoni marchioni", but does not state her origin[1176]. The Genealogica Wettinensis names "Odam matrem Othonis marchionis de Orlamunde" as wife of "secundus filius [comitis Tiderici] Dedo"[1177]. She married secondly (after Apr 1039) as his first wife, Dedo II Markgraf der sächsischen Ostmark [Wettin].
Graf Wilhelm [III] & his second wife had four children:
i) WILHELM [IV] (-murdered Liège[1178] 1062).
ii) POPPO (-[1046/56]).
iii) OTTO (-early 1067).
iv) ARIBO (-murdered 1070).
BIO
BIO: Count of Weimer, Burgraf of Meissen, 1015
** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/THURINGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#AdelheidWeimardied1100 as of 5/1/2016
WILHELM [III] (-16 Apr 1039). The primary sou
=== Count of Weimar ===
Count of Weimar
=== !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy ===
!"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997. 1. He was Brugave of Meissen, count of Weimar and in Eichsfeld.
=== #Générale# Comte de Weimar-Orlamunde. ===
#Générale# Comte de Weimar-Orlamunde.
=== Lebenslauf ===
Wilhelm III. (Wilhelmi Thuringorum pretor; † 16. April 1039) war ab 1003 Graf von Weimar und ab 1022 Graf im Eichsfeld.
Er war jüngster Sohn des Weimarer Grafen Wilhelm II.
Nach dessen Tod folgte er in Weimar und gewann noch die Grafenrechte im Eichsfeld hinzu. Damit geriet er in Konflikt mit den Erzbischöfen von Mainz. Mit dem König stand er in bestem Einvernehmen. Von Zeit zu Zeit übernahm er die Wachaufsicht über die Burg Meißen. 1017 lag er mit Gebhard von Querfurt in Streit, den der König zu Allstedt schlichtete. Unter Wilhelm erreichte die Machtstellung des Hauses Weimar innerhalb des thüringischen Raumes ihren Höhepunkt, was auch teilweise durch das Eindringen der Ekkehardiner in das Markgrafengebiet begünstigt wurde.
Ehe und Kinder
In erster Ehe war er mit Bertha verheiratet,
in zweiter Ehe mit Oda ([1] vermutlich Tochter des Markgrafen Thietmar II. von der Lausitz) Sie hatten die Kinder:
Wilhelm IV. († 1062); Markgraf von Meißen seit 1046
Otto I. († 1067); Graf von Orlamünde
Poppo († nach 1046)
Aribo († 1070 ermordet)
Oda heiratete nach seinem Tod den Dedo II., Graf von Wettin.
=== Branche WEIMAR ===
Branche WEIMAR
Preferred Parents:
Father: Wilhelm von Weimar II, b. ABT 945 in Weimar, Thüringen, Ostenfrankenreich d. 24 DEC 1003 in Naumburg, Saxon Eastern Marches, Holy Roman Empire
Mother: Othildis Marianne IM GRABFELD, b. um 0966 in Thuringia, Germany d. 1002
Family 1: Oda of Lusatia , b. 1014 in Meißen, Amt Meißen, Kurfürstentum Sachsen, Saint-Empire romain d. 1067 in Lausitz, Bad Liebenwerda, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Allemagne
- Wilhelm von Weimar IV, b. 1002 d. 1062
- Otto Margrave of Meissen I, b. ABT 1005 in Weimar, Thüringen, Deutschland d. 20 FEB 1067 in Orlamünde, Thüringen Heiliges Römisches Reich (Present Germany)
- Poppo Margrave of Carniola I, b. um 1010 in Weimar, Hzgt. Thüringen, HRR d. 13 JUL 1044 in March of Carniola, Heiliges Römisches Reich
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