!!!Adalbert der Siegreiche

Adalbert (the Victorious), d Melk (Lower Austria), May 26, 1055; 
Babenberg margrave. Son of  Leopold I, Count of Schweinachgau and 
Kuenzinggau west and south-west of Passau; after the death of his 
brother  Heinrich I he was Margrave of Austria (1018-1055). Extended 
the March of Austria to the River March i.e. to include the 
Weinviertel area. Around this time, a "Hungarian" march in the east 
and a "Bohemian" march in the Pulkautal valley were formed. In old age 
he suffered from arthrosis (bones preserved in Melk). Married to 
Glismod, sister of Bishop Meinwerk of Paderborn, later to Froiza, 
daughter of Doge Otto Orseolo of Venice and sister of King Peter of 
Hungary.

!Literature
1000 Jahre Babenberger, exhibition catalogue, 1976; K. 
Lechner, Die Babenberger, %%sup 6/%1996.


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