Heinrich III#

Heinrich III, d. Dec. 4, 1122, from 1090 Duke of Carinthia, 1090, last duke of the House of Eppenstein. Was governor of Aquileia; during the investiture conflicts supported Heinrich IV until 1105 and then sided with Heinrich V. Between 1096 and 1103 H. founded the monastery Sankt Lambrecht, which he equipped generously. He bequeathed his allodial estates to Heinrich of Sponheim (as Duke of Carinthia, Heinrich IV) and to the Margrave Leopold I of Styria.

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